BU Now » nuclear weapons program http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Report: Burma developing nuke http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/07/report-burma-developing-nuke/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/07/report-burma-developing-nuke/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:16:55 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5851 nuke blastSmuggled evidence shows Burma’s military rulers are secretly acquiring components for a nuclear weapons program, though it appears the impoverished nation is many years away from developing an actual bomb.  Political science Professor Joseph Wippl, a 30-year career CIA officer, says the report developed by the dissident group Democratic Voice of Burma, again shows the need for accurate intelligence collection.

“There is no country so unimportant or so isolated as not to require intelligence and U.S. intelligence community expertise on that country or region.”

Contact Joseph Wippl, 617-353-8992, jwippl@bu.edu

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