Burma: A Nuclear Wannabe, Suspicious Links to North Korea

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Asia, Nuclear, Burma, David Albright, Defectors, Dissident Groups, Extreme Caution, Fuel Cycle Facilities, Ground Photos, Military Dictatorship, Military Regime, Missile Program, North-Korea, Nuclear Reactors, Overhead Imagery, Overseas Suppliers, Paul Brannan, Procurements, Robert Kelley, Scheel, Stricker, Technology Goods, Uranium Mines

New Proliferation Assessments on Burma
Burma: A Nuclear Wannabe, Suspicious Links to North Korea; and High-Tech Procurements to Enigmatic Facilities
by David Albright, Paul Brannan, Robert Kelley, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
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 [...]

Chinese Whispers -Times Online

Posted by Matt in January 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Acquisition, beijing, Burma, China, Chinese Whispers, Eu3, Imposition, Inaction, International Diplomacy, International Efforts, Iranian Regime, Nuclear Ambitions, Nuclear Weapons, Obstructionism, Repressive Regime, Russia, Sanctions Against Iran, Uk Germany, United States, Zimbabwe

International diplomacy to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions is being thwarted by Beijing’s inaction and obstructionism
It is not quite true that China’s diplomacy defends every repressive regime from A to Z. The range does, however, extend from Burma to Zimbabwe, and it includes Iran on the way. China has continually stymied international efforts to prevent the [...]

The Future Nuclear Powers You Should Be Worried About | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in October 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Bangladesh, Burma, Consequences, Dubai, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Iran, kazakhstan, Loose Nukes, North-Korea, Nuclear Club, Nuclear Powers, Nuclear Programs, Pakistan, Risk, Russia, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates Dubai, UnitedArabEmirates, Venezuela

Which countries should you be worried about? Here they are: Burma, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Venezuela and United Arab Emirates (Dubai).
Iran’s and North Korea’s nuclear programs — not to mention the risk of loose nukes in Russia or Pakistan — are worrying enough. But a number of other countries are looking to join the nuclear club, with [...]

Inside Burma’s War – TIME

Posted by Matt in September 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Conflict, Army, Autonomy, Brink, Burma, Civil War, Country Population, Decades, Dictatorship, Ethnic Minorities, Freedoms, Frontier, Junta, Military Regime, Militias, Patchwork, Political Groups, Relationship, Uneasy Peace, Uprisings, War Time

Two decades after Burma’s army dictatorship reached an uneasy peace with a patchwork of ethnic militias, the country is again poised on the brink of civil war. The junta has long maintained a tense relationship with the up to 40% of the country’s population that is composed of ethnic minorities. When Burma won independence from [...]

Burma’s bomb – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in August 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Nuclear, Build A Bomb, Burma, Editorial, Laing, Less Than Five Years, Military Government, Military Junta, Nuclear Reactor, Peaceful Uses, Testimony, Washington Times, weapons

Burma is the latest case. In 2007, the military junta that runs the country confirmed that it was developing a 10-megawatt nuclear reactor with Russian help, claiming the program was for peaceful uses only. But according to reports last week in the Australian press based on defector testimony, the military government maintains a secret underground [...]

Revealed: Burma’s nuclear bombshell

Posted by Matt in July 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Aim, Bombshell, Burma, Defectors, Military Junta, northkorea, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Reactor, plutonium

BURMA’s isolated military junta is building a secret nuclear reactor and plutonium extraction facilities with North Korean help, with the aim of acquiring its first nuclear bomb in five years, according to evidence from key defectors revealed in an exclusive Herald report today.
Revealed: Burma’s nuclear bombshell

Foreign Policy In Focus | Asia’s Axis of Evil?

Posted by Matt in July 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Asia'sAxisofEvil, Axis Of Evil, Burma, Circumstantial Evidence, Focus Asia, Foreign Policy In Focus, Japanese Businessmen, Korean Ship, Magnetometer, Missile Guidance Systems, Nam, Natural Partners, North Korean, North-Korea, northkorea, Noses, Nuclear Technology, Pariahs, Pentagon, Satellite Images, Thumb, Underground Tunnels

The two pariahs of Asia, North Korea and Burma, often get mentioned in the same breath. With no one else to depend on, these two countries would appear to be natural partners. Indeed, the Obama administration has been gathering circumstantial evidence that North Korea is providing Burma with nuclear technology so that they can both [...]

Fears of a nuclear Burma | GlobalPost

Posted by Matt in July 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Nuclear, Bertil Lintner, Blogged, Burma, cameras, Confluence, Expert, Fears, Fledgling, Flock Browser, Korean Engineers, Led, Massive Construction Project, North-Korea, Nuclear Ambitions, Regime, Satellites, Smoking Gun, Test Missiles, tunnels, Underground Bunkers

WHAT’S THE EVIDENCE? There is no smoking gun. But analysts and U.S. officials have cited a confluence of events that suggest nuclear ambitions in Burma, also called Myanmar.
North Korean engineers, who specialize in building tunnels and underground bunkers, have led a massive construction project in Naypyidaw, the regime’s remote capital. This network of 800-odd tunnels, [...]

Is Myanmar going nuclear?

Posted by Matt in July 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Koreas, Nuclear, Alarm Bells, Atomic Bomb, Blogged, Burma, Flock Browser, Korean Ship, Military Run, myanmar, Nuclear Club, pyongyang, Radar Screen, Secret Meeting, Ship Photographs, Southeast Asian Nation, tunnels

The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a top secret meeting have raised alarm bells that one of the world’s poorest nations may be aspiring to join the nuclear club—with help from its friends in Pyongyang. No one expects military-run Myanmar, also known as Burma, to obtain an [...]