A young rebel holds a 3D-printed drone.
An unidentified rebel holds the Liberator MK-2, a 3D-printed drone that was produced by a young engineer in Myanmar.
  • Myanmar's military staged a coup in February 2021, rejecting the country's election results.
  • Since then, nearly 3,000 people have been killed and 17,000 detained, the US State Department said.
  • One engineer began printing semiautomatic rifles and drones to fight the military regime, per Wired.

A young engineer has been producing semiautomatic rifles and drones for a rebel group fighting against Myanmar's military regime behind his parents' backs, Wired magazine reported.

"My parents would kill me if they [knew] what I'm up to," he told the publication.