AN INTERNET BLOCKADE VERSUS A DRUG-FUELED INSURGENCY: A StrategyPage Information Warfare update discusses Burma’s (Myanmar) extended internet blockade on the Arakan Army’s insurgency. The Arakan Army insurgency has a tribal veneer, but the update quickly points out the outfit has a gangster reputation. It relies on cell phones for combat and for smuggling drugs, usually into Bangladesh. The Burmese government’s blockade is an inexpensive communications and information warfare operation. The blockade began in June 2019 and it appears to have had some positive effects from the government’s perspective. It may be lifted in early August. The update also surveys Burma’s various complex insurgencies and its complex drug business. Burma is still in the opium business, producing over 700 tons in 2015.