The Burmese military has reportedly acquired a diesel-electric submarine from China last week, a Type 035 submarine that the Chinese navy had used, just a year after being gifted a secondhand Kilo-class Russian-built submarine by India. The military regime acquired the submarine, dubbed “Min Ye Kyaw Htin,” through a secret deal with China and commissioned it during the Burmese navy’s 74th anniversary on Dec. 24, The Irrawaddy reported. The military junta ousted a civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 2021 coup, sparking protests and clashes between the army and ethnic minority insurgents in border areas of Burma, also known as Myanmar. Opponents of the military junta have accused China of supporting the military takeover, but Beijing has rejected such accusations and said it backs regional diplomacy on the crisis. Thousands of villagers had recently fled from Burma and sought shelter in Thailand due to the …
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