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Myanmar Rebels Forces Fielding Advanced MANPAD system
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UWSA fielding Chinese FN-6 MANPADS
Anthony Davis, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 November 2014
The UWSA has recently begun to field FN-6 MANPADS, according to sources. Source: IHS/Patrick Allen
Myanmar's largest and best-armed insurgent force, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), has carried out a broad upgrade of its anti-aircraft defences with the induction of Chinese third-generation FN-6 manportable air defence systems (MANPADS).
According to a reliable military source in northeastern Shan State, who has seen the new MANPADS in the field, the UWSA recently acquired a "large number" of the passive infrared FN-6 systems. Effective up to 3,500 m and with strong resistance to flares, solar effects, and heat from the ground, the FN-6 constitutes a significant improvement over the first-generation Chinese HN-5 - a reverse-engineered version of the obsolete Soviet Strela-2 (SAM-7) - fielded by the UWSA since at least 2001.
The source could not confirm how long the new system has been in service with the UWSA, which renewed an uneasy ceasefire with government forces in 2012 but has displayed a pointed disinterest in government efforts to organise a national ceasefire agreement with all of Myanmar's armed ethnic factions.
It is likely, however, that the upgrade of the group's air-defence capability has taken place as a key element in a process of rapid military modernisation that since mid-2012 has involved the acquisition of large quantities of small-arms and infantry support weaponry and, for the first time, Chinese armoured vehicles and a small number of medium-lift transport helicopters.
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The reinforcement of the UWSA, which is estimated to field at least 20,000 regular troops, followed a souring of Sino-Myanmar relations in 2011 and evident concern in China over the rapid thawing of Myanmar's diplomatic and economic relations with the West.
Acquisition of the FN-6 establishes a deterrent to the improved ground-attack capabilities of the Myanmar Air Force, which in recent years have been bolstered by new Mil Mi-35 'Hind' gunships purchased from Russia, and K-8 Karakorum light-attack jets purchased from China. Since 2012 both types of aircraft have been deployed against the insurgent Kachin Independence Army, which holds territory along the Chinese border to the north of the Wa 'special region', but is not known to field MANPADS.
Designed for use against aircraft flying at low altitudes, the FN-6 has been used to effect by Syrian insurgents since early 2013 against regime helicopters and at least one fixed-wing combat aircraft.
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[URL="http://www.janes.com/article/45910/uwsa-fielding-chinese-fn-6-manpads"]IHS Janes[/URL]
UWSA fielding Chinese FN-6 MANPADS
Anthony Davis, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 November 2014
The UWSA has recently begun to field FN-6 MANPADS, according to sources. Source: IHS/Patrick Allen
Myanmar's largest and best-armed insurgent force, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), has carried out a broad upgrade of its anti-aircraft defences with the induction of Chinese third-generation FN-6 manportable air defence systems (MANPADS).
According to a reliable military source in northeastern Shan State, who has seen the new MANPADS in the field, the UWSA recently acquired a "large number" of the passive infrared FN-6 systems. Effective up to 3,500 m and with strong resistance to flares, solar effects, and heat from the ground, the FN-6 constitutes a significant improvement over the first-generation Chinese HN-5 - a reverse-engineered version of the obsolete Soviet Strela-2 (SAM-7) - fielded by the UWSA since at least 2001.
The source could not confirm how long the new system has been in service with the UWSA, which renewed an uneasy ceasefire with government forces in 2012 but has displayed a pointed disinterest in government efforts to organise a national ceasefire agreement with all of Myanmar's armed ethnic factions.
It is likely, however, that the upgrade of the group's air-defence capability has taken place as a key element in a process of rapid military modernisation that since mid-2012 has involved the acquisition of large quantities of small-arms and infantry support weaponry and, for the first time, Chinese armoured vehicles and a small number of medium-lift transport helicopters.
COMMENT
The reinforcement of the UWSA, which is estimated to field at least 20,000 regular troops, followed a souring of Sino-Myanmar relations in 2011 and evident concern in China over the rapid thawing of Myanmar's diplomatic and economic relations with the West.
Acquisition of the FN-6 establishes a deterrent to the improved ground-attack capabilities of the Myanmar Air Force, which in recent years have been bolstered by new Mil Mi-35 'Hind' gunships purchased from Russia, and K-8 Karakorum light-attack jets purchased from China. Since 2012 both types of aircraft have been deployed against the insurgent Kachin Independence Army, which holds territory along the Chinese border to the north of the Wa 'special region', but is not known to field MANPADS.
Designed for use against aircraft flying at low altitudes, the FN-6 has been used to effect by Syrian insurgents since early 2013 against regime helicopters and at least one fixed-wing combat aircraft.
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[URL="http://www.janes.com/article/45910/uwsa-fielding-chinese-fn-6-manpads"]IHS Janes[/URL]
nggak ada embargo, tapi kasih senjata ke rebelnya
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