How paragliding soldiers carrying bombs rain destruction on Myanmar’s villages
Military evades sanctions by using hobbyists’ motorised aircraft to bomb civilians in opposition-held territoryThey appear after midnight, slowly crossing Myanmar’s skies. The motorised paragliders are improvised aircraft, suspending small metal frames from brightly coloured sails. They drift over a patchwork of villages, farmland, forests and winding rivers.Each “paramotor” has two or three soldiers strapped in – one piloting, the others holding the bombs. Their craft are powered through the sky by small, rattling engine propellers, heading towards the lowland villages.…
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