IHS Jane’s claims Burmese army has armed drones

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IHS Jane’s claims Burmese army has armed drones



YANGON: -- The Burmese army has deployed armed drones in ethnic minority regions in northern Burma like for surveillance and surgical strikes, Anthony Davis, a Bangkok-based security expert who writes for IHS Jane’s told The Irrawaddy.

HIS said one or more Chinese-made CH-3A drones, with the capacity to carry missiles and satellite-guided bombs, have been deployed from an airfield, likely Lashio in Shan State or Bhamo in southeastern Kachin state.

Shan State’s Kokang army was in protracted armed conflict with the Burmese army last year during which time the government army conducted airstrikes against the Kokang army’s bases.

Davis said that the armed drones could play an important role in gathering intelligence “as we have see in the Pakistani tribal areas, they can be lethally effective in surgical strikes against insurgent command centres – provided there is adequate intelligence on the ground level on which to base the targets”.

The HIS confirmed the deployment of the Chinese drones after a picture, believed to be taken by a serviceman, was posted on Facebook. The picture shows a group of seven soldiers standing around a CH-3A with its distinctive three-bladed propeller.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/ihs-janes-claims-burmese-army-armed-drones/


-- Thai PBS 2016-06-14

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Published on Feb 23, 2013

"China considered using a drone strike in a mountainous region of Southeast Asia to kill a Myanmar drug lord wanted in the murders of 13 Chinese sailors, but decided instead to capture him alive, according to an influential state-run newspaper."*

The U.S. isn't the only country using deadly drone strikes. China's plans to kill a drug dealer in another country with an unmanned drone. What is the embarrassing difference between the Chinese and American drones strike programs? Cenk Uygur explains.

*Read more from New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/asia/chinese-plan-to-use-drone-highlights-military-advances.html

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Myanmar Air Force UAV Test in 2005

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Davis said that the armed drones could play an important role in gathering intelligence “as we have see in the Pakistani tribal areas, they can be lethally effective in surgical strikes against insurgent command centres – provided there is adequate intelligence on the ground level on which to base the targets”.

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Published on Feb 23, 2013

"China considered using a drone strike in a mountainous region of Southeast Asia to kill a Myanmar drug lord wanted in the murders of 13 Chinese sailors, but decided instead to capture him alive, according to an influential state-run newspaper."*

The U.S. isn't the only country using deadly drone strikes. China's plans to kill a drug dealer in another country with an unmanned drone. What is the embarrassing difference between the Chinese and American drones strike programs? Cenk Uygur explains.

*Read more from New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/asia/chinese-plan-to-use-drone-highlights-military-advances.html

Hmmm? China, respects human rights more than the United States? Who would have guessed!

"Human Rights Defenders

China’s human rights activists often face imprisonment, detention, torture, commitment to psychiatric facilities, house arrest, and intimidation."

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/china-and-tibet