Indian Air Force team visiting Burma

DVB, February 11

A team of high-ranking Indian Air Force officials are visiting a Burmese military airbase at Taungoo in central Burma.

The team flew from New Delhi to Mandalay airport in a special plane on 7 February, according to a Burmese army officer who doesn’t want to be identified. The team with a crew of test pilots flew to Taungoo on 8 February.

The latest news came amid the reports that Burma is seeking military hardware from India.

Similarly, an Indian communication company, TCCI is preparing to install high-tech communication network for the country’s junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

U Htay Aung, an exiled Burmese expert on the army in Burma said that preparations and modernisations are done with the view of stopping the intervention of the USA through Thailand.