Military uses drone strikes to defend outposts against Kachin Independence Army in Bhamo

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), and allied resistance forces, have reported an undisclosed number of casualties due to military drone strikes in response to the seizure of territory and outposts in southern Kachin State by the KIA, which launched its offensive in Bhamo District on Dec. 4. 

“The military has been using drones more frequently,” Naw Bu, the spokesperson for KIA, told DVB without providing any further details. He declined to disclose KIA defence strategy against military drone attacks, but assured that it would respond in the “best way possible.”