WikiLeaks cables suggest Burma is building secret nuclear sites (LBN xpost)

[bananas]

From LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4652213

WikiLeaks cables suggest Burma is building secret nuclear sites

Source: The Guardian

Witnesses in Burma claim to have seen evidence of secret nuclear and missile sites being built in remote jungle, according to secret US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, heightening concerns that the military regime is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

A Burmese officer quoted in a cable from the US embassy in Burma said he had witnessed North Korean technicians helping to construct an underground facility in foothills more than 300 miles (480km) north-west of Rangoon.

"The North Koreans, aided by Burmese workers, are constructing a concrete-reinforced underground facility that is '500ft from the top of the cave to the top of the hill above'," according to the cable. The man is quoted as saying the North Koreans were "blowing concrete" into the excavation.

An expatriate businessman told the embassy in Rangoon he had seen a large barge carrying reinforced steel bar of a diameter that suggested a project larger than a factory. Other informants included dockworkers, who reported suspicious cargo.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/09/wikileaks-c...


Embedded links to the cables at the Guardian's full article.

Another country using its nuclear energy program to hide its nuclear weapons program.

[kristopher]

1. Don't worry, nuclear proliferation isn't a *real* problem.

It is just baseless scaremongering by so called "environmentalists" and "greenies" that are secretly working for the coal industry...

:sarcasm:

[madokie]

2. Hey, you forgot to include us blankety blank blank anti-nukies n/t

[joshcryer]

3. cables suggest Burma is building secret nuclear sites = Burma is building secret nuclear sites

Nice logic there, fellow.