小型飞行器成为缅甸战争中的武器 政变多年后，军方越来越多地使用动力滑翔伞和旋翼机轰炸反抗军控制的城镇和村庄。
Small Flying Machines Become Weapons of War in Myanmar Years after a coup, the military is increasingly using motorized paragliders and gyrocopters to bomb towns and villages in rebel-held territory.
天空中传来微弱的嗡嗡声，这是危险的第一个信号。声源是一架单人飞行器——一架动力滑翔伞，几乎不可见。它关闭发动机，悄无声息地向地面滑翔。
A faint buzzing noise high in the sky was the first hint of danger. The source was a single-person flying machine, a motorized paraglider, that was barely visible. It cut its engine and floated quietly toward the ground.
当它达到几千英尺高度时，飞行员向外抛掷炸弹，在平民中造成毁灭性效果。
As it reached an altitude of a few thousand feet, the pilot tossed bombs overboard that exploded with devastating effect among civilians on the ground.
这种空袭——将轻型娱乐飞行器或动力滑翔伞变成致命武器——现在几乎每天都在缅甸中部由军方实施，使其在镇压亲民主力量的行动中占据优势。
Such aerial attacks — in which light, recreational aircraft, or paramotors, have been turned into deadly weapons — are carried out by the military almost daily now in central Myanmar, giving it an edge in its campaign to crush pro-democracy forces.
“在其他国家，人们看到动力滑翔伞或滑翔伞会感到快乐和兴奋，”27岁的莫吉说，他是实皆地区的游击队员，自2022年以来一直在与军政府作战。“但在我们国家，它们已成为杀人武器。在这里，我们一看到就得拼命逃跑。” 缅甸将军们于2021年从民选政府手中夺取权力，并残酷镇压和平示威。许多抗议者逃往农村，组建反抗组织，与几十年来一直在与军方作战的武装民族团体结盟。
“In other countries, people feel happy and excited when they see a paramotor or paraglider,” said Moe Gyi, 27, a guerrilla in the Sagaing Region who has fought the junta since 2022. “But in our country, they have become weapons used to kill people. Here, when we see one, we have to run for our lives.” Myanmar’s generals seized power from a democratically elected government in 2021 and brutally suppressed peaceful demonstrations. Many protesters fled to the countryside where they formed rebel groups, allying themselves with armed ethnic groups that have been battling the military for decades.
据武装冲突地点及事件数据项目统计，由此引发的内战已造成超过10万人死亡，并迫使370万人流离失所。联合国估计，今年将有超过1200万人面临严重粮食短缺。
The ensuing civil war has killed more than 100,000 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, and driven 3.7 million from their homes. The United Nations estimates that more than 12 million will face acute food shortages this year.