Burma's Bomb ; a Murderous Junta Wants Nukes

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The Soviet Union used to be described jokingly as a "Third World country with atomic bombs." But the spread of nuclear weapons in the developing world is no joke.

Burma is the latest case. In 2007, the military junta that runs the country confirmed that it was developing a 10-megawatt nuclear reactor with Russian help, claiming the program was for peaceful uses only. But according to reports last week in the Australian press based on defector testimony, the military government maintains a secret underground weapons complex at Naung Laing in the mountainous northern part of the country. Burma, which its leaders call Myanmar, could be ready to build a bomb in less than five years.

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Burma's Bomb ; a Murderous Junta Wants Nukes

The junta's reported accomplice in this venture is North Korea. Last month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed of...

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