Myanmar insurgent used Drone-based bomb strike on Army post near Mizoram

A drone-propelled aerial bomb strike by the Myanmar-based ethnic armed groups (EAG) on a post of their country’s Army close to the Indian border along Mizoram has raised fresh security concerns in the defense establishment.

At around 9.30 am on February 3, Chin National Army (CNA) and Chinland Defence Force (CDF), the two insurgent outfits, dropped three bombs using a drone at a village near Thantlang which is the southernmost edge of Chin state in Myanmar, according to sources.

Their target was a company post of the Myanmar Army on a mountainous terrain at Thantlang. Though no casualty was reported so far, the proximity of the spot to the Indian border under the Eastern Command turned out to be barely 10-15 kms.