"The battle is changing now as drones are being used by both sides," said a 31-year-old rebel fighter.
YANGON - Myanmar's resistance fighters notched decisive breakthroughs in 2023 by relying on a scattered fleet of drones in battles against one of South-east Asia's most feared militaries.
They described for the first time specifics about the junta's use of Chinese-manufactured drones that are jerry-rigged to carry explosives.Some resistance fighters have been injured by the junta's drones, said Mr Ta Yoke Gyi."They've become better at using them." Regime leader General Min Aung Hlaing said in 2023 that rebels had dropped over 25,000 bombs using drones during a major October offensive on military posts, some of which had to be abandoned.
Four rebel fighters told Reuters they had only seen a handful of junta drones at a time on the frontline in recent months, suggesting the military hadn't deployed all the newly procured aircraft. He now heads a unit called the Angry Bird Drone Rangers, part of a rebel force that began deploying small UAVs made by China's DJI for reconnaissance missions shortly after the coup.The unit subsequently built larger drones that it modified to carry domestic-produced bombs, using instructions gleaned from experts on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
The swarms of rebel drones disabled artillery positions and resistance ground troops cut off nearby military bases, said the analyst, who previously worked on ceasefire negotiations involving the military and ethnic armies.
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