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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rebecca Ratcliffe

Myanmar military junta using European technology for drone attacks, report says

Aerial view of smoke rising from burning buildings in Waraisuplia village in Myanmar’s Kayah state in 2022 as the military targeted civilians in air and ground attacks
Smoke rises from burning buildings in Waraisuplia village in Myanmar’s Kayah state in 2022 as the military targeted civilians in air and ground attacks. Photograph: Free Burma Rangers/AP

Myanmar’s military is using advanced European technology to protect its drone fleet as it carries out brutal aerial campaigns, research suggests, prompting calls for sanctions against the junta to be tightened.

Myanmar’s military, which has been widely condemned for its indiscriminate attacks against civilians, obtained “anti-jamming” technology made in Europe through a Chinese company, according to a report by Conflict Armament Research (Car).

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