
Rockets hit the Myanmar military's Shan Te airbase in Meiktila Township, Mandalay Region in the pre-dawn hours on Monday, according to local sources who said they heard explosions but did not know the extent of the damage.
Residents of the township said they could hear around 10 rocket shells detonating as they landed inside the airbase, which is located some seven miles northeast of Meiktila near Shan Te village, at around 3am.
“The airbase is close to the Light Infantry Division (LID) 99 base. The airbase is located separately outside the city, but there’s Shan Te village and other small villages nearby,” a man living near the airbase said at noon on Monday. “So far, we haven’t heard of any damage to the villages.”
He added that the airbase is also located near artillery bases, a military-owned Directorate of Defence Industries munitions. . .