Burma/Myanmar's alleged nuclear weapons programme

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Description: A collection of press and Internet articles. (updated, 2014)
Source/publisher: Federation of American Scientists
2014-09-22
Date of entry/update: 2010-03-20
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Sub-title: Radar technology, automatic rifles and air defense systems sold to junta despite human rights abuses
Description: "India, the world’s largest democracy, has nurtured closer relations with Myanmar’s military junta over the past two years, including providing weapons at least four times since the 2021 coup d'etat, two humanitarian and advocacy organizations in India said. The Indian government and Indian companies sold radar technologies and remote control air defense systems to Myanmar’s military government in 2021, said India for Myanmar, which helps refugees from the war-torn country who have fled to neighboring India. Last year, heavy artillery weapons, detonators for bombs and thermal imaging devices used with automatic rifles and scopes were sold, the group said. And in a show of support for the junta, Indian Ambassador Vinay Kumar attended the military council's Independence Day ceremony on Jan. 4, it said. “We have found out that India is keeping the same relationship with the Myanmar junta just as it was with the previous civilian government before the military coup,” said Salai Dokhar, founder of India for Myanmar. “I must say that India … recognizes and keeps closer relations with the military junta than Russia and China do,” Dokhar said. A UN report from last September said that Russia, Serbia and China have also supplied lethal weaponry since the coup. The report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also noted that an Indian state-owned enterprise supplied a remote-controlled weapons air defense station. RFA attempted to contact the Indian Embassy in Myanmar for comment since last week but got no response. Weapons and technology India for Myanmar listed in a news release last month four instances in which India had provided weapons and technology to the junta after the coup. In June 2021, India government-owned Bharat Electronics Limited sold radar technology to the junta. The following month, the same company sold a remote-control air-defense system, according to India for Myanmar, the group said. In 2022, India's Tonbo Imaging delivered telescopes used in automatic and sniper rifles. And last March, Indian company Sandeep Metalcraft delivered fuses to be used in bombs and grenades by Myanmar’s military. The UN report said Sandeep Metalcraft sold Myanmar fuses for ammunition for the Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle. Another India-based organization, Justice for Myanmar, said the Myanmar military had used 84mm Carl Gustaf rounds during attacks in ethnic areas. An Indian official noted to a UN Special Rapporteur that “Myanmar and India share important security issues along its 1,700 km shared border and in the Bay of Bengal,” according to another report from the UN. The official said that “any arms transfers that may have been made were based on commitments that were made with Myanmar’s civilian government before the attempted coup.” ‘Inexcusable’ “India’s supply of fuses to the Myanmar military is inexcusable,” Justice For Myanmar spokesperson Yadanar Maung said in the news release. “India is directly supporting the junta’s indiscriminate attacks against civilians by allowing the export of key components in the very weapons the military is using to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity.” Other ties between the two governments, according to India for Myanmar, include a meeting between Kumar and junta ministers Ko Ko Hlaing and Khin Yi in April and July 2022 in which they discussed cooperation in collecting data for the 2024 census. Also, in November, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra visited junta chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, India for Myanmar said. The lack of support for the efforts of pro-democratic groups in Myanmar partly stems from India’s ruling party, said Saiai Ceu Bik Thawng, chairman of the Interim Chin National Consultative Council. “If only the Congress Party were the government of India in the place of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), it would be much different,” he said. “Their foreign policies are different. During the 1988 uprising in Myanmar, India officially stood for the revolutionary groups.” Of course, another factor is that India must keep the junta from drawing too close with China, Salai Ceu Bik Thaw said..."
Source/publisher: "RFA Burmese"
2023-02-22
Date of entry/update: 2023-02-22
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Description: Nuclear scientist and former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Dr. Robert E. Kelley made headlines earlier in 2010 when he published a report claiming that Burma?s military junta was mining uranium and working toward developing a nuclear reactor. His report was commissioned by the exiled Burmese news agency Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), which was, soon after, shortlisted for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. His analysis has since come under attack from Olli Heinonen, a former colleague at the IAEA, as well as from Dr. David Albright, with whom he co-authored a report in January on alleged Burma-North Korea nuclear links. Kelley discussed these issues with The Irrawaddy, both before and after disclosures surfaced about a sophisticated uranium enrichment operation at Yongbyon in North Korea.
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 12
2010-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-26
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Language: English
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Description: ?An expatriate businessman XXXXXXXXXXXX recently volunteered to an Embassy Officer that he had heard rumors that a nuclear reactor was being built near Minbu, in central Magway Division on the Irawaddy River. The businessman added that he personally had seen a ?massive” barge containing large-sized rebar being unloaded on a trip to the area. After asking local residents about the rebar?s purpose, he was told that similar size barge shipments were arriving almost weekly and that the rebar was to be used in the construction of unnamed/unidentified factories. In the opinion of the businessman, the quantities involved as well as the diameter of the rebar suggested a project larger than ?factories.” Along these lines, the businessman noted that there was a new airport near Minbu with a landing strip that, based on its length and thickness, seemed excessive, adding that ?you could land the space shuttle on it.”...?
Source/publisher: US Embassy, Rangoon, via Wikileaks
2004-01-20
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-24
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Description: US intelligence believes Burma is seeking to develop nuclear weapons from technology provided by North Korea, according to two former senior US government officials.
Source/publisher: The Australian
2007-11-03
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-14
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Description: Evidence continues to surface suggesting Myanmar?s possible interest in launching a covert nuclear power program with potential North Korean assistance. As part of the continuing saga of North Korea?s deviant machinations, new information has surfaced on Pyongyang?s suspected assistance to Myanmar (Burma) to develop what may be a nuclear weapons program. To be sure, Pyongyang?s suspected complicity with Burma?s possible nuclear ambitions is not entirely new. A strategic dossier published by a high-profile think tank in late 2009 sought to determine if the country?s aspirations of having a civilian nuclear reactor had any military applications.
Creator/author: Frank O'Donnell
Source/publisher: Oil Price_Geopolitics
2010-07-08
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-13
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Description: South Korea?s Foreign Ministry said Monday rumors about nuclear collaboration between North Korea and Myanmar would be discussed when a high-level envoy from Seoul travels to the Southeast Asian nation this week, the Yonhap News Agency reported (see GSN, July 23).
Source/publisher: NTI
2010-08-18
Date of entry/update: 2010-09-28
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Description: South Korea will talk about possible nuclear cooperation between Myanmar and North Korea when a senior diplomat visits the Southeast Asian country next week, the foreign ministry here announced Monday.Vice Foreign Minister Shin Kak-soo is scheduled to visit Myanmar from Aug. 19-21, where he will deliver Seoul?s message encouraging fair elections on Nov. 7, according to ministry spokesman Kim Young-son. The elections will be the country?s first in two decades.
Source/publisher: "BurmaNet News"
2010-08-17
Date of entry/update: 2010-09-28
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Description: "South Korea has said it will raise the issue of controversial military ties between Burma and North Korea when a senior government official visits the pariah state next week."
Creator/author: FRANCIS WADE
Source/publisher: Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)
2010-08-18
Date of entry/update: 2010-09-03
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Description: Burma?s emerging nuclear weapons program is met with an ambiguous international response... "Based on evidence accumulating over the the last several years, it appears that the Burmese generals have the intent, motivation and money to develop nuclear weapons. History also shows they have the mindset necessary to disregard their own people?s welfare, as well as the opinions of their regional neighbors and the international community. Yet analysts say it is clear that the military regime is nowhere near having the means—in terms of technology and expertise—to accomplish their nuclear objectives. So how will the region and the rest of the international community respond? Especially given the fact that sanctions, isolation and engagement have all previously failed to influence the regime? Thus far, outside reactions have been as ambiguous as the junta?s clandestine program. On June 4, the international spotlight was refocused on Burma?s nuclear ambitions when Al Jazeera broadcast a documentary produced by the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), which provided the strongest and most concrete evidence to date that the Burmese military junta is in the primitive stages of producing a nuclear weapon...."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 7
2010-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-08-30
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Description: Analysts have long suspected North Korea of supplying Burma with weapons and technology. Has the Dear Leader become a role model for Than Shwe as well? "Burma and North Korea, two of the world?s most oppressive, isolated and secretive nations, were previously not on speaking terms. But over the last two decades, Burma?s junta chief, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, and North Korea?s ?Dear Leader,? Kim Jong Il, have formed a disconcerting partnership of convenience that, due to recent events, has garnered increased attention from the international community..."
Creator/author: WI mOE
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 7
2010-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-08-30
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Description: "The Burmese junta supremo, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, is reported to be angry at government officials who are responsible for the junta?s nuclear program after he read the report of Robert Kelley, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who described Naypyidaw?s nuclear program as ?unprofessional? and ?quite primitive.?..."
Creator/author: WAI MOE
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
2010-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-30
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Description: 1) Press Statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs on unfounded allegations against Myanmar regarding nuclear programme... 2) Press Statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Myanmar?s relations with Democratic People?s Republic of Korea..."Al Jazeera airs incorrect news report saying Myanmar trying to possess nuclear weapons - News report based only on exaggerated fabrications of some deserters, fugitives, exiles"
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
2010-06-12
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-12
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Description: "Top-secret material reveals that Myanmar is trying to build rockets and nuclear weapons"..."About Film In a new investigative documentary produced by DVB we have discovered that Burma?s ruling generals have started a program to build nuclear weapons. It has long been suspected that Burma has been pursuing a nuclear programme but now, for the first time, DVB provides evidence of how, where and why they are pursuing this goal. With a combination of high quality colour photographs taken from the military?s own top secret files, expert analysis and witness accounts DVB?s documentary exclusively reveals the detailed nature of the regime?s intent. The huge amount of evidence collected by DVB over the last 5 years also reveals that the ruling junta are trying to develop long-range missiles and digging themselves in with a series of military bunkers. Experts agree Burma is a long way from achieving its goals. But many believe that with its stated intent to one day acquire nuclear weapons its ambitions should be taken seriously. This groundbreaking information reveals the paranoia of Burma?s ruling generals and gives us a glimpse into the minds of the Burmese military. Elections later this year are aimed at convincing the world Burma are moving towards democracy, but in reality, fearing attack from the United States and an uprising by their own people, Burma is trying to become the next nuclear- armed North Korea."
Source/publisher: Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) via Aljazeera
2010-06-04
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-07
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Language: English, Burmese
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Description: "...Burma?s nuclear ambition can further dampen Asean-US relations in the future. Already, there was the first casualty when the US downgraded the high-powered economic roadshow which was meticulously planned months ahead between the Office of US Trade Representatives and Asean economic ministers through the US-Asean Business Council..."
Creator/author: Kavi Chongkittavorn
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
2010-05-30
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-04
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Description: "A five-year investigation by DVB has uncovered evidence that Burma is embarking on a programme to develop nuclear weaponry. At the centre of the investigation is Sai Thein Win, a former defense engineer and missile expert who worked in factories in Burma where he was tasked to make prototype components for missile and nuclear programs..."
Creator/author: ROBERT KELLEY
Source/publisher: Democratic Voice of Burma
2010-06-03
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-04
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Source/publisher: Aljazeera
2010-06-02
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-04
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Description: "New images have emerged showing the construction of a series of secret tunnels in Myanmar, reportedly built with North Korean help. The images broadcast by the Democratic Voice of Burma in Oslo show tunnels large enough for heavy vehicles to drive through."
Source/publisher: Aljazeera
2009-06-25
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-04
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Description: "The Democratic Voice of Burma has been accumulating information about a nuclear program in Burma for years, but recently they have come across a source with truly extraordinary information. He worked in special factories making prototype components for missile and nuclear programs. Like the Israeli technician, Mordecai Vanunu, he has brought hundreds of color photographs of the activities inside these factories. DVB has asked us to organize this information and analyze what it means. The goal of this report is to report our findings to DVB in support of their documentary film on Al Jazeera. We are also providing a great deal of raw data for the nonproliferation community to assess..."
Creator/author: Robert E. Kelley, Ali Fowle
Source/publisher: Democratic Voice of Burma
2010-05-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-06-04
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Description: "For several years, suspicions have swirled about the nuclear intentions of Burma?s secretive military dictatorship. Burma is cooperating with North Korea on possible nuclear procurements and appears to be misleading overseas suppliers in obtaining top-of-the-line equipment. Certain equipment, which could be used in a nuclear or missile program, went to isolated Burmese manufacturing compounds of unknown purpose. Although evidence does not exist to make a compelling case that Burma is building secret nuclear reactors or fuel cycle facilities, as has been reported, the information does warrant governments and companies taking extreme caution in any dealings with Burma. The military regime?s suspicious links to North Korea, and apparent willingness to illegally procure high technology goods, make a priority convincing the military government to accept greater transparency..."
Creator/author: David Albright, Paul Brannan, ROBERT KELLEY, Andrea Scheel Stricker
Source/publisher: Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
2010-01-28
Date of entry/update: 2010-02-01
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Description: Summary: "Through internet searches, ISIS identified extensive links and associations between Myanmar?s Department of Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), under the greater Ministry of Science and Technology. In particular, the Director General of the DAE, Dr. Ko Ko Oo was also at one point director of DTVE. In addition, directors and deputy directors of the DTVE have appeared regularly at nuclear conferences together, despite the lack of organizational justification for the DTVE?s apparent interest in nuclear energy. Significant personnel links exist within the Myanmar Ministry of Science and Technology between these two agencies. Internet searches establish that Dr. Oo was director of the DTVE as recently as 2004. Dr. Oo was Director General of the Ministry of Science and Technology as recently as 2006, a post that he may still hold. He often appears at conferences with different administrative titles, and therefore it is difficult to track changes in career position precisely. The DTVE and DAE also at one point shared an address, phone number, and fax number until the Department of Atomic Energy relocated to the new capital of Naypidyaw. The DTVE is also now located in Naypidyaw, but no current address can be found."
Source/publisher: Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
2010-01-28
Date of entry/update: 2010-02-01
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Description: "...Overall, the lack of specifics about many of the sites mentioned in the reports from opposition groups and defectors makes independent analysis using commercial satellite imagery very difficult. Those reporting the existence of secret nuclear sites in Burma should provide more direct and specific evidence, in addition to geographical coordinates, in order for some of the sites to be further investigated. ISIS does not want to overweigh the importance of debunking a few claims about secret nuclear activities in Burma. There remain valid suspicions about the existence of undeclared nuclear activities in Myanmar, particularly in the context of cooperation between Myanmar and North Korea. But the methods used in the public so far to allege secret nuclear facilities are flawed. Identification of suspect nuclear sites requires a more rigorous basis than is currently evident..."
Creator/author: ROBERT KELLEY, Andrea Scheel Stricker, Paul Brannan
Source/publisher: Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
2010-01-28
Date of entry/update: 2010-02-01
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Description: Naypyidaw appears to be intent on setting up a missile defense sytem to deter po tential enemies... "Is Snr-Gen Than Shwe delusional? Subordinates of Burma?s paramount leader are said to have repeatedly heard him say how much he admires North Korea?s use of missile technology to bully and defy its neighbors and the West. The bad news is that Than Shwe?s hard-line military leaders and ministers may agree with him. However, Burmese opposition groups in exile suspect that army officers who disagree with Than Shwe?s policy deliberately leaked secret documents to exiled media groups, including The Irrawaddy. These documents throw light on Burma?s military ties with Pyongyang..."
Creator/author: Aung Zaw
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 5
2009-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-12-26
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Description: "Two years ago the world watched in dismay as Myanmar?s military junta brutally crushed the so-called Saffron Revolution. It was the only show of mass opposition to have occurred inside the country in almost 20 years. Filmmaker Hazel Chandler entered the country undercover for People & Power to find out how Myanmar?s people are fairing, and to investigate disturbing claims that the regime may be trying to develop nuclear weapons."
Creator/author: Hazel Chandler
Source/publisher: Al Jazeera (People and Power)
2009-12-23
Date of entry/update: 2009-12-25
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Description: Assurances of peaceful intentions arouse o­nly skepticism... "Burma?s confirmation of plans to build a 10-megawatt nuclear reactor with the help of Russia?s federal atomic energy agency Rosatom has created nervousness and anxiety among Burma observers. The regime in Naypyidaw, facing international isolation and sanctions, claims that the planned nuclear reactor is to be built for a ?peaceful purpose.” Back in January 2002, then-deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win declared that Burma?s ?interest in nuclear energy for peaceful purpose is longstanding.” Such assurances have met with skepticism o­n the part of the international community and Burmese at home and abroad, however..."
Creator/author: Aung Zaw
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No. 7
2007-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-05-03
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Description: The Irrawaddy charts the timeline on the evolution of Burma?s efforts to create a nuclear research facility... "Burma?s nuclear ambitions, spotlighted by last month?s announcement that Russia has agreed to help the regime build a nuclear research facility, date back at least seven years. In December 1995, the junta signed the Bangkok Treaty, banning the development, manufacture, possession, control, stationing, transport, testing or use of nuclear weapons under the terms of the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Five years later, after a visit to Moscow by Burma?s minister for science and technology, U Thaung, the junta?s nuclear plans became clearer..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No.6
2007-06-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-05-03
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Description: Burma?s nuclear ambitions have been the subject of serious discussions at the country?s constitution-drafting National Convention, which has convened intermittently since 1993. These discussions have been led by Thein Oo Po Saw, a US-trained nuclear scientist.
Creator/author: Aung Zaw
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No. 7
2007-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-05-03
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Description: Regardless of Burma?s right to pursue peaceful nuclear technology, its capacity to do so safely and practically should be the most immediate concern... "As speculation mounts over Burma?s nuclear collaboration with Russia, perhaps o?ne fear can be laid to rest. The proposed research reactor will not allow Burma?s military leaders to produce nuclear weapons—at least not yet. So what benefits can be derived from such a facility, and what purpose might it serve in Burma? ..."
Creator/author: Edward Blair
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No. 7
2007-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-05-03
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Description: Executive Summary" Before 2000, the idea that Burma might one day become a nuclear power was considered fanciful. Ever since it regained its independence in 1948, Burma had been a consistent supporter of global nuclear disarmament and had played an active role in international organisations dedicated to that end. Nor could it claim the strategic rationale, economic strength or technological expertise to support a nuclear industry, let alone develop a nuclear weapon. Yet, in 2000, the ruling State Peace and Development Council announced that it planned to purchase a small nuclear reactor from Russia. Construction was due to begin in 2003, but was repeatedly postponed, probably due to financial problems. A new agreement was signed in May 2007. The response to the regime?s announcement of a nuclear research program was almost uniformly negative. There was widespread scepticism that Burma could manage such a complex and demanding project, a sentiment shared by the International Atomic Energy Agency. There were also concerns that Burma would be unable to keep secure any radioactive materials produced by the program. There were even claims that the regime secretly planned to use the reactor to build a nuclear weapon. These claims were rightly dismissed as far-fetched and self-serving, but they seemed to be given some substance in 2003 by reports that Burma was developing close links with North Korea, a notorious proliferator of nuclear and ballistic missile technology. Despite the lack of any supporting evidence, some activist groups claim that Burma already possesses nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. It is highly unlikely that Burma currently has any intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, from North Korea or anywhere else. Claims that it might try to do so in the future are equally speculative, but are made a little more credible by Burma?s exaggerated threat perceptions. Ever since the armed forces took back direct power in 1988, the regime has been the target of a range of external pressures, including from some of the world?s most powerful countries. The aggressive rhetoric that has accompanied these pressures, and the support openly shown for Burma?s opposition movement, has helped create a siege mentality among Burma?s leaders. Even now, they fear intervention by the United States and its allies ? possibly even an invasion ? to restore democracy to Burma. These concerns have already prompted the regime to consider the acquisition of ballistic missiles. There have also been suggestions that a few Burmese generals envy North Korea?s apparent ability to use its nuclear weapons capabilities to fend off its enemies and win concessions from the international community. It is important not to over-react to these reports. Even if confirmed, they probably reflect the views of a very small minority in Burma?s military hierarchy. Such reports, however, illustrate the scope for misperceptions, on both sides, which can lead in turn to policy errors and even more serious misunderstandings.
Creator/author: Andrew Selth
Source/publisher: Griffith Asia Institute
2007-05-00
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-31
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Description: "Burma has long been suspected of harboring nuclear ambitions...Perhaps the best example of the military junta?s questionable priorities is its determination to build a nuclear reactor. This project has caused considerable unease in the region, and in centers like Vienna and Washington. Over the past few months, this concern has begun to turn to alarm, as reports have emerged suggesting that the reactor may be built with the assistance of North Korea. This has raised the specter of a future nuclear weapons program that could intimidate Burma?s neighbors and be used as a bargaining chip against the US and its allies..."
Creator/author: William Ashton
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 12, No. 5
2004-05-00
Date of entry/update: 2004-08-01
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Description: "It has long been suspected that North Korea supplies Burma with weapons. But recent unconfirmed reports that the two secretive states are negotiating a nuclear deal are unsettling... Bilateral relations between Burma and North Korea were severed in 1983, after Pyongyang sent agents to Rangoon to conduct a terrorist attack against a visiting South Korean presidential delegation. Diplomatic ties have still not been restored. Over the past few years, however, these two economically stricken but highly militarized pariah states seem to have found some common ground. Depending on how it develops, this relationship could extend beyond mutual support to have wider strategic implications. Reports that the Rangoon regime has sought to acquire strategic weapon systems like submarines and ballistic missiles from Pyongyang have aroused concern in regional capitals and in Washington. There have even been suggestions that North Korea is secretly helping Burma to build a nuclear reactor, raising the spectre of a future atomic weapons program that could be used by Rangoon as a bargaining chip against the United States..."
Creator/author: Andrew Selth
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 12, No. 3
2004-03-00
Date of entry/update: 2004-06-09
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Creator/author: Thomas Crampton
Source/publisher: International Herald Tribune
2001-07-14
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Description: "The United States warned Myanmar on Tuesday that it must honor its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, after Yangon signalled that it intended to build a nuclear reactor with Russian help..."
Source/publisher: Space Daily
2002-01-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Description: "Myanmar?s wish to develop a nuclear research reactor has alarmed many of its Asian neighbours as well as the European community. ?Myanmar is committed to developing a nuclear research reactor for medical purposes,? Foreign Minister Win Aung said recently. While he said that ?it will be some time? before the reactor is built, his words have been startling nonetheless. This is especially so following numerous reports in recent weeks that Russia has signed a deal with Myanmar to supply a reactor..."
Creator/author: Larry Jagan
Source/publisher: The Straits Times
2002-01-18
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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