Drones level playing field for Myanmar’s armed opposition against powerful military — Radio Free Asia

At left, a bomb [blue] begins to fall towards a target. At right, a bomb hits a Myanmar army trench. Credit: Yangon Revolution Force

Nearly 20 months after the military coup in Myanmar, amid a rapidly intensifying conflict, People’s Defense Force (PDF) paramilitary groups are turning to drone technology to level the playing field as they engage with better equipped junta troops. When the PDF formed in the months following the Feb. 1, 2021 military takeover, it’s members were

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Su Tseng-chang gives a speech during a news conference in Taipei in May 2012. Taiwan's military for the first time shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near an islet next to the Chinese city of Xiamen on Thursday. | REUTERS

TAIPEI – Taiwan’s shooting down of a drone that buzzed a Taiwanese-controlled island off the Chinese coast was the most “appropriate” thing to do after repeated warnings, and China should exercise restraint, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said Friday. Taiwan’s military for the first time shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near

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