The SAC Military staff and residents confirmed that the SAC Military navy has been conducting heavy weapons training in Rakhine for two days.
The shootings had carried out in Mayu island and Nantha island in Rathedaung Township in Rakhine State. It will take place from this morning until tomorrow evening on 16 February.
It is instructed to Ward and Village Administrators that such shootings will be carried out, and through them to inform the local people.
A Ward official from Mayucam area Rathedaung township told MPA that the instructions were sent yesterday. They said that the villagers and fishing boats must be informed”.
After the SAC Military had extended the emergency term for another 6 months, the first water firing exercise was conducted in the Bay of Bengal.
There are also speculations that the practice fire may be a preparation for an international naval invasion and may be aimed primarily at the United States.
A Rakhine-based observer of Rakhine affairs said that the closest to this exercise is Palm Island where the US Navy has based. During these days, Thailand and the United States are conducting joint Military exercises, so I see that the main purpose is to protect the US Navy.
The SAC Military stated in the official instruction that it was for the security of the sea, and the locals said that such firing exercise was conducted last year in 2022.
Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of the Military coup, had arrived in Rakhine in the second week of last January and visited the SAC Military’s Naval Base near Ngapali Beach.
Photo – MPA (Picture – A naval ship of the SAC Military is seen on the waterway going to Nantha island)