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Burma’s Nuclear Programs: The Defectors’ Story
Author: Desmond Ball
Volume 5, Number 4 (Summer 2009), pp. 119-131.
Abstract
In recent years, a number of unconfirmed reports about illicit nuclear activities in Burma have reached the outside world. This article details the testimony of two defectors who left the country in 2006, and who were extensively interviewed by the author. Both defectors independently claim that they had been involved in aspects of a covert nuclear program with North Korean assistance, with plans for a nuclear reactor not unlike the reactor discovered in Syria in 2007. While their reports remain uncorroborated by additional evidence, they paint a disturbing picture that requires close attention by regional policy makers and intelligence services.
About the Author
Desmond Ball is a Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra. He was Head of the Centre from 1984 to 1991. desmond.ball@anu.edu.au.
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