Junta deploys diverse aircraft fleet for relentless nationwide air attacks: SRD

By Admin 07 Oct 2026

DMG Newsroom

7 October 2026, Kyauktaw

The military regime is conducting severe aerial bombardment across Arakan State and nationwide, utilizing a diverse fleet of aircraft to carry out continuous strikes.

According to data compiled by the Spring Revolution Database (SRD), the junta launched 226 air attacks across the country during September using Y-12 aircraft, A-5 ground-attack aircraft, Yak-130 light attack aircraft, MiG-29 jet fighters, and Mi-35P attack helicopters.

Airstrikes were conducted across 11 states and regions, with Arakan State bearing the brunt as the most heavily targeted area with 76 documented attacks, while Kachin State recorded the second-highest frequency, according to Spring Revolution Database statistics.

The military regime deploys multiple-aircraft formations during air attacks, leaving civilians with no safe shelter or security.

“The fear is much worse than before,” Ko Naing Win Lwin, an emergency response officer at the Phyusin Myittar Philanthropic Association, said. “People feel completely unsafe to the point where they are afraid to go to crowded places, including schools and local public markets.”

As ground forces attempt to regain control of territories lost across Arakan State and other regions, the military regime has made aerial bombardment its primary operational strategy.

As air attacks indiscriminately target civilian areas, incidents of mass casualties continue to rise.

A September 28 bombardment targeting the Indian Market and Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Town caused over 100 civilian casualties, while subsequent strikes on October 4 and 5 targeted Byarla IDP Camp and Pannilar IDP Camp in Ponnagyun Township.

“As airstrikes are growing more intense, I constantly fear for my safety,” a local resident from Anjanapura Township said. “It feels like psychological torture, living in continuous anxiety. Whenever I hear a loud noise, I instantly think it is an incoming warplane.”

With the military regime launching offensives across at least seven active battlefronts in Arakan State, ground combat has reached extreme intensity.

The Institute for Strategy and Policy Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) reported that because the Arakan front is vital to the junta’s strategic posture and institutional prestige, current military operations have assumed the character of Total War.

ISP-Myanmar added that combat dynamics in Arakan State differ significantly from other conflict theaters and carry a heightened risk of extreme military atrocities.