Myanmar's Secret Nuclear Program Revealed

Defector Says North Korea Helping Myanmar Develop Nuclear Weapons Program

June 4, 2010
SpaceNewsvineRedditDeliciousMixxYahoo With the help of North Korea, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has acquired components for a nuclear weapons program, including technology for uranium enrichment and long-range missiles, ABC News has learned.

North Korea may be sharing nuclear technology with Myanmar.A defector from Myanmar -- an army major and deputy commander of a top-secret nuclear facility -- escaped the country with thousands of files detailing a secret nuclear and missile program.

"The purpose is they really want a bomb. That is their main objective," said defector Sai Thein Win, the major who says he visited the installations and attended meetings at which the new technology was demonstrated.