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By David Scott Mathieson Photo from NBC News Myanmar’s civil war entered a dramatic new phase late last week with an attack by multiple drones against the capital Naypyidaw. An estimated 23 fixed-wing drones targeted the military headquarters and the air force runway at Naypyidaw airport, and reportedly also targeted …

Naypyidaw, which is the junta’s traditional centre of power, is home to much of its defence hardware and heavily defended. The attack is likely to rattle the military, which is now fighting resistance groups on multiple fronts. “The significance of the drone attacks can’t be overstated,” John Quinley, director of …