Exploring Claims about Secret Nuclear Sites in Myanmar

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"...Overall, the lack of specifics about many of the sites mentioned in the reports from opposition groups and defectors makes independent analysis using commercial satellite imagery very difficult. Those reporting the existence of secret nuclear sites in Burma should provide more direct and specific evidence, in addition to geographical coordinates, in order for some of the sites to be further investigated. ISIS does not want to overweigh the importance of debunking a few claims about secret nuclear activities in Burma. There remain valid suspicions about the existence of undeclared nuclear activities in Myanmar, particularly in the context of cooperation between Myanmar and North Korea. But the methods used in the public so far to allege secret nuclear facilities are flawed. Identification of suspect nuclear sites requires a more rigorous basis than is currently evident..."

Creator/author: 

Robert Kelley, Andrea Scheel Stricker and Paul Brannan

Source/publisher: 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

Date of Publication: 

2010-01-28

Date of entry: 

2010-02-01

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English

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