UMS Anawyahtar (771) Test Fired Anti-ship Missile

UMS-771 Anawyahtar light frigate (all photos : Myanmar Navy) 

Light-frigate Anawyahtar UMS-771 had successfully test-fired one of its Chinese-made surface-to-surface anti-ship guided missiles in Bay of Bengal on March-1. Anawyahtar was designed and built at Rangoon Naval Dockyards by Burma Navy and commissioned on September 7, 2000.

It was the Flag-ship of Burma Navy for 8 long years before the locally-made Frigate Aung Zeya (F-11) was built and commissioned in 2008. Anawyahtar’s first captain was Lt. Colonel Thet Swe who is now the Naval Chief-of-staff of Burma’s Armed Forces.

C-802 anti-ship missile has been fired from UMS-771 Anawyahtar.Originally built as a Corvette the Anawyahtar (771) has been upgraded to a light-frigate by fitting new electronic systems, radars, weapon systems, and anti-ship guided missile systems all locally made except the Chinese missiles.
On March-1 this year Burmese naval technicians and weapon experts successfully test fired a Chinese-made anti-ship guided missile at an OTH (Over-the-Horizon) target. Burma Navy emphasized the fact that Anawyahtar’s missile launcher and firing system and all electronics except the missile was developed locally in Burma.The successful test firing was closely supervised by Genral Thet Swe the Burma Navy Chief himself on board the light-frigate Anawyahtar, announced Burma Navy on March-6. The test firing of anti-ship missile by Burmese Navy was the direct response to Bangladesh Navy’s regular OTH test firings of similar C-802 Chinese-made anti-ship cruise missiles in the Bay of Bengal since 2008.

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Fighting Flares up in Myanmar's Kachin State

Myanmar army’s 99th brigade had carried out artillery attacks particularly on KIA’s 27th Battalion.




Clashes between government troops and Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar have escalated following a week-long offensive by the country’s military, displacing thousands of civilians and casting a shadow over nationwide cease-fire talks, rebel leaders said Friday. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has been forced to withdraw from some of its outposts after a series of attacks by Myanmar’s army in Mansi and Momauk townships in Kachin state’s Bhamo district since April 10, according to a KIA spokesman.

The clashes had spread to Momauk on Sunday after erupting in Mansi last week, he said, while local media reported more clashes nearby in the northern part of Kachin’s neighboring Shan State.
The leader of a group of 16 ethnic rebel groups engaged in talks on a nationwide cease-fire proposed by the government said the recent fighting had prompted “concern” among fellow rebels and made them “lose trust” in the talks.

A relief group said more than 8,000 civilians have been displaced by the recent fighting—part of clashes that have flared on and off since a 17-year cease-fire between the KIA and the Myanmar government was shattered in June 2011.  KIA spokesman La Nan said Myanmar troops had staged a full week of offensives including artillery attacks on KIA positions in the two townships from April 10 to 17.

He said the Myanmar army’s 99th brigade had carried out artillery attacks particularly on KIA’s 27th Battalion. “Those at the state level have been discussing a nationwide cease-fire, but the situation in the field is far from that,” he said.

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/kachin-04182014175926.html

China to deliver Myanmar strategic HQ-12 missiles by June 2014

Myanmar armed forces has signed a contract last year to buy 4 system of air defense missile midrange KaiShan 1A (also known as KS-1A), export variant of the Hongqi-10 (HQ-12) of China, to equip a regiment of air defence.

With this agreement, Myanmar has become the first foreign country to use anti-aircraft missile system KS-1A.The missile delivery lot is expected to be delivered to Myanmar in June this year.

Indian Army gifts 7 bailey bridges to Myanmar Army

In a move to provide a vital fillip to the relationship between the two historic neighbours – India and Myanmar – the Indian Army yesterday handed over seven Bailey bridges to the Myanmar Army at Leimakhong army headquarter, about 20 km north of Imphal.
The General Officer Commanding Spears Corps Lt Gen AK Sahni, handed over the sevenBailey bridges to Commander Major General Soe Lwin of North West Command at Leimakhong.


“We are taking up this as a Prime Minister’s initiative for the development of border infrastructure”, said Lt Gen Sahni. “This will help in meeting the aspiration of the people and also to ensure security along the Indo-Myanmar border”, he also said adding, “This gesture by India will go a long way in providing a vital fillip to the relationship between the two historic neighbours.

The step has been taken as part of the 3rd Indo-Myanmar Regional Border Committee Meet between India and Myanmar held under the aegis of Spears Corps of Indian Army at Leimakhong from July 23-25. The meeting was attended by high ranking officials from both the countries.
The Border Committee Meet is a landmark event which provides an opportunity for representatives of security forces and government officials of both nations to discuss and resolve crucial issues relating to border management, bi-lateral cooperation and counter-terrorism strategy.

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