Drones aid Myanmar resistance battle military junta’s bigger army

Though much attention has rightfully been turned to the remarkably effective ways soldiers and citizens alike have used consumer and enterprise drones in Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion, less notice has been made of the increasingly potent manner fighters in Myanmar have also been using UAVs to battle the armed forces of the nation’s repressive military junta.

According to media reports and studies by non-governmental organizations on the conflict, anti-junta militias in Myanmar have been deploying drones with increasingly formidable effect against the nation’s military since its generals overthrew the democratically elected government nearly two years ago. Though fighters in the umbrella People’s Defense Force (PDF) uniting myriad resistance groups receive no foreign support as Kyiv does in its battle, they’ve nevertheless managed to rig out and fly consumer, enterprise, and self-made UAVs in ways that have stunned the country’s…