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Burma is taking steps to becoming a nuke state: Report | A report has claimed that Burma has begun secretly acquiring key components for a nuclear weapons
program, including specialized equipment used to make uranium metal for nuclear bombs. The report cites documents and photos smuggled by a Burmese army officer
who recently fled the country. The evidence shows Burma's military rulers taking
concrete steps toward obtaining atomic weapons, according to an analysis co-written
by an independent nuclear expert. But it also points to enormous gaps in Burmese
technical know-how and suggests that the country is many years from developing
an actual bomb. The analysis, commissioned by the dissident group Democratic Voice
of Burma, concludes with "high confidence" that Burma is seeking nuclear technology,
and adds: "This technology is only for nuclear weapons and not for civilian use
or nuclear power." "The intent is clear, and that is a very disturbing matter
for international agreements," said the report, co-authored by Robert E. Kelley,
a retired senior U.N. nuclear inspector. Officials for the dissident group provided
copies of the analysis to the broadcaster al-Jazeera, The Washington Post and
a few other news outlets. |
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