Manipuri to English:
“ꯃꯁꯤꯅ ꯲꯱ꯁꯨꯕ ꯆꯍꯤꯆꯥꯗ ꯆꯪꯁꯤꯜꯂꯛꯄꯗ ꯑꯥꯔꯃꯤꯒꯤ ꯑꯁꯣꯏꯕ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛ ꯆꯥꯎꯊꯣꯛꯆꯔꯤꯕ ꯍꯦꯂꯤꯀꯣꯞꯇꯔꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯗꯨꯅ ꯎꯠꯂꯛꯈꯤ: ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯌꯥꯡꯅ ꯆꯠꯄ ꯉꯝꯗꯕ, ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯑꯍꯣꯡꯕꯗ ꯑꯊꯤꯡꯕ ꯂꯩꯕ, ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯑꯁꯤ-ꯑꯅꯥ ꯅꯪꯒꯟꯕ, ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯀꯣꯜꯗ ꯋꯥꯔ ꯃꯇꯨꯡꯒꯤ ꯁꯛꯇꯥꯛꯄꯒꯤ ꯂꯨꯔꯕ ꯐꯤꯕꯝ”ꯕꯨ ꯄꯜꯂꯗꯨꯅ, ꯗꯤ ꯋꯥꯁꯤꯡꯇꯟ ꯄꯣꯁꯠꯅ ꯃꯃꯥꯡꯊꯪꯕ-ꯂꯃꯥꯏꯒꯤ ꯑꯥꯔꯇꯤꯀꯜ ꯑꯃ ꯃꯥꯏꯊꯤꯕꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗ ꯅꯝꯊꯣꯛꯈꯤ꯫
The Washington Post printed a front-page article on the failures, commenting: "The vaunted helicopters came to symbolise everything wrong with the Army as it enters the 21st century: Its inability to move quickly, its resistance to change, its obsession with casualties, its post-Cold War identity crisis."