Democracy Dies in Darkness

Surface-to-air missiles and deadly drones spread on Sudan’s battlefields

Fighters now possess antiaircraft weapons that could threaten civilian air traffic and what appears to be a Chinese surface-to-air missile system, experts said.

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Sudanese soldiers unbox new 120mm mortar shells, part of a weapons cache in the basement of a building they said was abandoned by RSF fighters as they fled Omdurman a few days before. The mortar shells have sensitive fuses, making them ideal for use by quadrocopter drones. (Katharine Houreld/The Washington Post)
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