News broke today of a new report detailing Burma's potential nuclear weapons ambitions. The Guardian [2], The Washington Post [3], The Associated Press [4], and Financial Times [5] covered the story.
The report, commissioned by the expatriate group Democratic Voice of Burma and co-authored by former UN weapons inspector Robert Kelley, shows that Burma has taken steps to acquire technological components of nuclear weapons. Information in the report was provided by a defected Burmese military official, who had hundreds of documents and photos detailing Burma's progress.
No news outlet's analysis, however, was as technical and detailed as Geoffrey Forden's [6] in Arms Control Wonk. Arms Control Wonk [7] is a Ploughshares Fund grantee and is a reliable source for explaining the implications of all the latest nuclear policy news, often from an inside perspective.
Geoffrey Forden's post [6] on the possible Burmese nuclear weapons program says:
Links
[1] https://www.ploughshares.org/file/1840
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/04/burma-nuclear-weapons
[3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060304859.html
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/04/AR2010060400253_pf.html
[5] http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9dc98060-6f5d-11df-9f43-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
[6] http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2720/now-it-can-be-told-inside-bob
[7] http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/