Homemade drones have been crucial for the resistance. Photo courtesy of Antonio Graceffo Four years after Burma’s military coup, an unlikely revolution is defying the odds. Across the country, loosely organized People’s Defense Forces (PDFs), many of them underfunded, poorly equipped, and lacking formal military training, are steadily seizing ground from a powerful, well-armed army. The junta’s forces boast modern weaponry, aircraft, and support from both Russia and China, yet it is the grassroots resistance, armed with homemade weapons and driven by determination, now control 70% or more of the country’s territory. Recent battlefield reports from early July 2025 reveal a conflict where improvisation, local knowledge, and a population galvanized against a common enemy are proving more decisive than advanced weaponry and formal military doctrine….
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