Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries

Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries
ကာကွယ်ရေးပစ္စည်းစက်ရုံများညွှန်ကြားရေးမှူးရုံး
Founded1950; 74 years ago (1950)
CountryMyanmar
BranchUnder Military Training General, Chief of Staff
TypeDefence product industries
Part of Tatmadaw
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The Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries (Burmese: ကာကွယ်ရေး ပစ္စည်းစက်ရုံများ ညွှန်ကြားရေးမှူးရုံး; BGN/PCGN: Kagwèye Passizetyônmya Hnywan-Gyayehmuyôn; abbreviated DI), also known as Directorate of Defence Industries,[1] Defence Product Industry and Defence Product Industries[2] or by its Burmese name, Karkweye Pyitsee Setyoun,[3][4] (Ka Pa Sa)[5][6] is a state-owned enterprise that is officially part of the Tatmadaw.[3]

DI is responsible for producing military equipment throughout the country for the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. It is the only company that has monopolized firearms production.[7]

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  2. ^ https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/fatal-business/made-in-myanmar/
  3. ^ a b "Consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK" (PDF). Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230412025211/https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/216586/1/136_Burma%E2%80%99s_secret_military_partners_%28Canberra_papers_on_strategy_and_defence%29_Andrew_Selth_86p_0731527755.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Report: Myanmar arms industry growing after army takeover". AP News. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Directorate for Defence Industries". opensanctions.org. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Arms proliferation amid heterogeneous resistance in Myanmar". trendsresearch.org. Retrieved 24 March 2023.