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 [...]

Satellites Show Pakistan Super-Sizing Its Nuclear Weapons Complex

Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Commercial Satellite, Construction Projects, Credible Source, David Albright, Ghazi Khan, International Security, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, Pakistan Nuclear, Paul Brannan, Plutonium Production, Plutonium Separation, Production Reactor, Rawalpindi, Report Suggests That, Robert Kelley, Satellite Images, Satellites, Science, Thermonuclear Weapons, Warhead

Commercial satellite images released today by the Institute for Science and International Security — a very credible source for arms control analysis — appear to underscore Pakistan’s determination to increase its supply of fissile material and develop more destructive nuclear weapons. Most worryingly, the report suggests that Pakistan may be on the path to creating [...]

The Syrian Nuclear Puzzle

Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Syria, Al Hayat, Al Jazeera, Colin Powell, Curtain, damascus, David Albright, Elias, Golan Heights, Intelligence Briefing, Iraq War, Motives, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Weapons Program, Paul Brannan, Reuters, Secretary Of State Colin Powell, Semmel, Un Security Council, Veracity, Voice Of America

But some observers see other motives in pulling back Syria’s nuclear curtain. Andrew Semmel, the former top State Department official for nonproliferation, tells Voice of America the release may have been aimed at “putting a positive spin” on intelligence that was bound to leak. Dar Al-Hayat columnist Elias Harfoush sees the disclosure as an attempt [...]