Irrawaddy-Sept 26
The junta’s deputy home affairs minister is calling for regional and bilateral cooperation against the rising threat from drone attacks by terrorist groups worldwide while it is facing escalating drone attacks by resistance forces in Myanmar, saying they are the regime’s challenge of the future. Lt-General Ni Lin Aung, who is also chief of the country’s police force, made the comments at the 2023 Conference of Global Public Security Forum, which was held last week in China’s Jiangsu province under the theme “One World, Common Security.” Ni Lin Aung told the conference that “terrorist groups” are increasingly using drones worldwide, making their use a future challenge. He referenced a 2022 report—the “Global Terrorism Index”— by the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), but neglected to mention that “Myanmar was redacted from [the] report on May 10, 2022, in response to community feedback”, and that the “IEP is assessing the situation in Myanmar for future publications.”
Myanmar’s top cop told the forum it is essential to enhance regional and bilateral cooperation to prevent weapons, including drones, from falling into the hands of criminals and malicious groups worldwide. Border controls should be strengthened to prevent so-called “terrorist groups” from receiving drones, he said. Regime military targets are being hit by drone strikes because resistance groups have learned how to bypass drone jammers. Resistance groups are increasingly conducting aerial bombardments on regime targets by producing more improvised fixed-wing drones on their own. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/as-resistance-drone-attacks-rise-myanmar-junta-seeks-regional-help.html
