Myanmar Bulding Nuke Reactor, Atomic Bomb within 5 Years

StellarEagle

N.Korea 'helping Myanmar build nuclear plant': report
(AFP) – 1 day ago
SYDNEY — North Korea is helping Myanmar build a secret nuclear reactor and plutonium extraction plant to build an atomic bomb within five years, a report said on Saturday, citing the evidence of defectors.

The nuclear complex is hidden inside a mountain at Naung Laing, in Myanmar's north, and runs parallel to a civil reactor being built at another site by Russia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

The revelations come just weeks after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced concerns that Pyongyang was transferring weapons and nuclear technology to fellow pariah state Myanmar.

Defectors codenamed Moe Jo and Tin Min reportedly told Australian investigator Desmond Ball the military junta has nuclear ambitions that far exceed its official line.

"They say it's to produce medical isotopes for health purposes in hospitals," Ball said, quoting Tin Min about the prospect of a Myanmar nuclear programme.

"How many hospitals in Burma have nuclear science?" Tin Min allegedly said, using Myanmar's former name. "Burma can barely get electricity up and running. It's a nonsense."

Giving an account of the men's testimony in the Herald, Ball said they "claim to know the regime's plans" and that a nuclear-armed Myanmar was a "genuine possibility".

"In the event that the testimony of the defectors is proved, the alleged secret reactor could be capable of being operational and producing one bomb a year, every year, after 2014," Ball wrote in the newspaper.

Moe Jo, a former army officer, allegedly told Ball he was trained for a 1,000-man "nuclear battalion" and that Myanmar had provided yellowcake uranium to North Korea and Iran.

"He said that the army planned a plutonium reprocessing system and that Russian experts were on site to show how it was done," wrote Ball, who is a strategic studies professor from the Australian National University.

Moe Jo said part of the army's nuclear battalion was stationed in a local village to work on a weapon, and a secret operations centre was hidden in the Setkhaya Mountains, according to Ball.

"(It was) a set up including engineers, artillery and communications to act as a command and control centre for the nuclear weapons program," wrote Ball.

Tin Min was said to have been a book keeper for Tay Za, a close associate of the junta's head General Than Shwe, and told Ball in 2004 he had paid a construction company to build a tunnel in the Naung Laing mountain "wide enough for two trucks to pass each other".

According to the report, Tin Min said Za negotiated nuclear contracts with Russia and North Korea and arranged the collection and transport, at night and by river, of containers of equipment from North Korean boats in Yangon's port.

Tin Min reportedly said Za told him the junta knew it couldn't compete with neighbouring Thailand on conventional weapons, but wanted to "play power like North Korea".

"They hope to combine nuclear and air defence missiles," Za said, according to Tin Min.
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alphawolf

Pehhh...diaorang punya conventional forces camne?

Silap2 lepas ni Thai buat macam Operation babylon....

StellarEagle

Kalau betul diorang ni mmemang nak buat nuclear bom, saya rasa its a great threat for ASEAN.

Nampaknya ASEAN pun ada problem mcm Japan and SKorea.

Soallnya, adakah Malaysia nak berdiam diri atau intervene, diplomatically or militarily.

Pada saya, Myanmar patut di liberate. Hanya tunggu masa, dan tunggu sesiapa yang sudi dan berkebolehan utk Liberate. Perhaps ASEAN + India + Australia?

alphawolf

liberate? From whom?

StellarEagle

Junta for various crimes they did and IF true they pursuing Nuke Weap. IMO.

powerwoot

Moe Joe dengan Tin Min?, ada ke si tin terlibat dalam kes tu sehingga terpaksa menukar nama ke cmf_tin?

saden

3# StellarEagle
dengan constant threats from USUK, aku rasa diorang patut ada nukes.. baru US tak serang. iraq proved itself takde nukes or nuke program, kena invade. iran pakai don't confirm don't deny policy pasal nuke prog, US tak invade. north korea proved ada nukes, US setakat bising je.

just like india, burma pun takde imperialistic tendency, so weapon diorang just for self defence. apa ASEAN nak takut sampai nak intervene?

crimes... which country yg tak buat crimes against its own citizens? for this nak invade?

Debmey

Just send John Rambo in and kick em good.

stormer

wahahaa... liberate... orang tu dah liberate dah bai...

robotech

Kejap yek, bukan ker John Rambo itu ari ada ganyang satu batalion infantri Myanmar kat sempadan Thailand-Myanmar ...

Wat per nak invade, upah je John Rambo ganyang nuke facility tu ....

eltoro

aku caye la berita tu !

jazim

Nak bom Siam ka? Ni mcm Bang Rajan versi moden/nuklear ni.

advark

seperti halnya negara iran,north korea ..dll2, negara seperti myanmar pun memerlukan sebuah kartu trup/ senjata penangkal untuk memblock setiap ancaman2 amerika dan sekutunya atau istilah lainnya myanmar memerlukan sebuah senjata ampuh yg dapat menyeimbangkan percaturan politik luar negeri myanmar ketika berhadapan dengan negara2 yg mencoba menjatuhkan kewibawaan dan kekuasaan rezim militer myanmar seperti kes aung saan suu kyi....

eltoro

tapi gak kayak indon bikibn PLTN RAGU2 TRUS

jazim

14# eltoro

PLTN tu apa?

advark

14# eltoro

bukan ragu bro..tetapi di ganggu terus sama NGO2/LSM2 brengsek dan tangan2 asing yg tidak menginginkan indonesia besar...:@

advark

15# jazim

PLTN = Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Nuklir atau elektrik dengan kuasa nuke...

eltoro

14# eltoro

bukan ragu bro..tetapi di ganggu terus sama NGO2/LSM2 brengsek dan tangan2 asing yg tidak menginginkan indonesia besar...:@
advark Post at 17-2-2010 20:15

bukan soal gangguan LSM ,itu emang udah kerjaan nya LSM , tapi SIBUYA nya yg memang takut , padahal menurut UU TENTANG ENERGI NO 17 TAHUN 2007 seharusnya PLTN udah di bangun tahun 2010, hingga bisa operasional tahun 2016 ato 2017, dan ini b*ut*h keberanian & ketegasan seorang pemimpin, sibuya ini presiden pesolek, gak bisa di harapkan !

escortburuk

Just send John Rambo in and kick em good.
Debmey Post at 4-8-2009 00:46

Hahaha funny . But on a serious note, Myanmar is a member of ASEAN and if not mistaken, we should be nuke free (weapons, of course). A nuke state within our region is a serious threat to all member countries.