Seven months after the NUG announced that 2023 will be the year of military decisiveness, fighting has intensified in various parts of Myanmar. In these battles, there were many deaths from the military council army, and many soldiers from the revolutionary forces also had to pay their lives. Although it can waste ammunition, the military council, which is often involved in ground battles, often attacks the revolutionary forces with air operations.
Territorial sovereignty is not available; In areas that are likely to be abandoned, the Air Force of the Military Council will attack ordinary civilians, religious buildings, Hospitals and schools are often attacked as military targets. Even the residences of refugees fleeing from the city are being fired on purpose.
In the fighting that took place between July 11 and 23 in Than Daung Gyi, the military council attacked 33 times from the air and bombed two Christian churches and on July 25 where there is no battle, a local woman was killed when Mi-35 helicopters attacked people in Muse Township Saiko village. And then in the last few months, there has been a series of airstrikes on villages in Sagaing Region where there is no fighting, and on refugee settlements in Karenni State.
In order to counter the air of the military council, which is acting like that, the members of the revolution are solving various ways. There are various international calls for the Military Council to block the importation of jet fuel to the Air Force and to establish a No-Fly Zone. Since the beginning of the defense in 2021, the military council army has been shooting and killing by air.
Through a practical and effective solution, revolutionary forces resisted the revolution with armed operations using their own strength. During this year, the military council air bases have been attacked by the revolutionary forces. On July 17th, the local defense forces cooperated and attacked the Magwe Air Base using 107 mm missiles.
The news release about the shooting at Magwe Air Force Base described it as “part of the Military Council Air Force Special Targeted Assault Plan,” and the air force will be attacked again as an operation in the future. In addition, the air operations of the revolutionary side also progressed rapidly. Multi Rotors, they began to attack tactically with small airborne vehicles such as Fixed Wings.
It used to be thought that the air force, like the military council, could only carry out military operations with fighter planes. However, the Air Force of the Defense Forces has broken new ground in aerial warfare with a variety of drones carrying bombs.
Now, many defense forces have been able to form their own drone units. Assault forces attack on the ground, while Drone forces attack from the air. the ground They were victorious with good results in battles where they were able to move in an aerial balance.
Myawaddy, which is important from a military point of view, On July 21st, the KNU/KNLA joint column of the 6th Brigade and the Federal Wings Drone unit attacked the Lat Khat Taung Mountain Tower Camp Hill. Since the early days of the revolution, many drone battalions and units have been active in the KNU Brigade 6th region. These drone troops have conducted many operations in more than two years and are now updated with more innovative technologies combined with experience.
The Air Force of the War Council, materially, despite the advancement in technology, they do not have the mentality to endure for the long term. Spirituality cannot be bought with money. It cannot be imported from Russia. The revolutionary drone forces are hard for financially and although they had to find raw materials with difficulty, they were able to develop rapidly in more than two 2 years.
Yours respectfully,
May Zaw