Rocket

Rocket event in Magway Region, Thayet area, Myanmar on Sun 1st February 2026

1st February 2026

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The People’s Defense Force and allied resistance groups launched a rocket attack on the junta’s KPa-12 arms factory in Thayet town, Magway Region, damaging military facilities, according to Ko Myat, information officer from Thayet District Battalion 4.

Around 4:30 a.m. on February 1, forces from the People’s Defense Force (PDF), the Thayet District Command, and Battalion 4 fired fourteen locally-made 79mm rockets at the KPa-12 facility, which produces 120mm, 60mm, and 40mm mortar rounds for the junta’s forces.

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Magway Region ( Thayet area )

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