{"id":435,"date":"2022-01-19T12:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T12:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmar.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=435"},"modified":"2022-06-01T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:38:09","slug":"recent-gun-mounted-drone-attack-in-myanmar-find-out-the-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmar.factcrescendo.com\/english\/recent-gun-mounted-drone-attack-in-myanmar-find-out-the-fact\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Gun Mounted Drone Attack in Myanmar? Find out the fact\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A video claiming to be a successful gun mounted drone, shooting test carried out in Myanmar has been widely been shared on Facebook sparking misunderstandings among social media users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video shows gun-mounted on a drone firing back and forth automatically in the woods, and many commentators praised it as the success of People Defense Force (PDF)<\/a> in Myanmar. However, the video is an old video from the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Media Claims<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Facebook user under the name “K\u00f5 \u011c\u00fd\u00ee”, posted the video with a caption in Burmese claiming (fair translation) “<\/em>Drone test fired successfully<\/em>.<\/em> The<\/em> <\/em>Mother<\/em>\u2019<\/em>s <\/em>(referring to Aung San Suu Kyi) <\/em>hard<\/em>–<\/em>working<\/em> <\/em>sons<\/em>\u201d.<\/em> The post received over 700 shares within a few hours of posting and video views exceeding twenty seven thousand. Similar posts can be found here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original Link – Fb link<\/a> | Archive link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video also got shares in English language users claiming the same. A Facebook page posting satirical content called \u201cBootleg Gunz: The Bazaar of Bizarre Guns\u201d also published the above video claiming that this gun-mounted drone is tested in Myanmar, and received mixed reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Link – Fb link<\/a> | Archive link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact Check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Facebook users suggested the video might be old, and not related to Myanmar.  A keyword search on YouTube revealed that the video with the same scenes was reported by CNN news in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 22, 2015, CNN posted the video on their official YouTube Channel titled “Teen’s gun-firing drone triggers federal probe”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“<\/em>This is the video that caught Federal investigators attention<\/em>. <\/em>Police say 18 years old Austin Haughwout, a Clinton Connecticut, is the mastermind behind this home<\/em>–<\/em>made gun<\/em>–<\/em>mounted drone<\/em>.\u201d<\/em> is read by a CNN newscaster and the full news related to the incident is seen below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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