High-impact 'drop bombs' retaking the sky from Myanmar junta

Members of the Mandalay People’s Defense Forces disperse after a flag-raising ceremony at their base camp near Namhsan township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State. - PHOTO: AFP

NAMHSAN, Myanmar (AFP): A squad of Myanmar pro-democracy fighters works quickly to ready drones for an attack on a nearby military base, the latest target in a wave of aerial assaults that has helped turn the war against the junta.

The team stood back as one contraption named "Bomber VIII" carrying a new six-kilogram explosive soared over a line of trees.