Myanmar-DPRK military connection

北朝鮮とミャンマーの軍事協力に関する報道。

Greg Sheridan, "Burma seeks nuclear weapons alliance with N Korea," The Australian, 5 Jul 2006,  2006<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19689419-31477,00.html> (23 Jul 2006)

"What is Pyongyang up to in Kachin State?" irrawaddy. org, April 01, 2004<http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=941&z=12>  (14 Sep 2004)この記事は軍事協力とは直接関係ない。

"N.Korea reactor for Myanmar," 6 May 2004<http://www.newsinsight.net/nati2.asp?recno=2736&ctg=World> (23 Jul 2006)
Myanmar is planning to construct a nuclear research reactor at Natmauk in Myothit in Central Burma with North-Korean assistance.

Matthew P. Daley, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights Washington, DC March 25, 2004
<http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2004/30789.htm>  (23 Jul 2006)

Bertil Lintner and Shawn W. Crispin, "Dangerous Bedfellows:Evidence of a blossoming military relationship between pariah regimes in Rangoon and Pyongyang is causing growing concern overseas,"Far Eastern Economic Review, Nov. 20, 2003

"Burma Stregthens Military Ties with DPRK," Chosun Ilbo, 4 Jul 2004,
http://nk.chosun.com/english/news/news.html?ACT=detail&key=1&res_id=4612  (18 May 2004)

ミャンマーの核兵器保有の可能性についてAndrew Selth,は、Despite a few rather odd suggestions to the contrary, there has never been any sign that Burma has even considered the acquisition or use of nuclear weapons. Nor is it likely to do so.としている。

Andrew Selth, Burma's Armed Forces: Power without Glory, (Norwalk: EastBridge, 2002), p.244.
また同人は原発建設に関しても否定的見解を示している。p.246。.

同人の関連記事として以下のものがある。
"Burma's North Korean Gambit: A Challenge to Regional Security?" ANU, March 2006,
<http://rspas.anu.edu.au/sdsc/canberra_papers.php#CP154>

"Burma and Weapons of Mass Destruction," ANU, 1999
<http://rspas.anu.edu.au/sdsc/working_papers.php#WP334>

ミャンマーの核兵器関連報道の信頼性は極めて低いとの報道がある。 Maxmilian Wechsler, "Nuclear claims deserve scepticism,"  Bangkok Post, 25 Apr 2006, <http://www.burmanet.org/news/2006/04/25/bangkok-post-nuclear-claims-deserve-scepticism-maxmilian-wechsler/> (23 Jul 2006)
It is important to keep in mind that to date the claims of a Burmese nuclear programme have come mostly from dissidents who may be trying to spur the international community toward direct action against the military rulers.

中略

According to a western diplomat based in Bangkok, “It is nonsense to say that Burma plans to purchase nuclear technology from Russia or North Korea in order to build a weapon.

“What some Burmese dissidents are attempting to do is what their Iraqi counterparts did before them- the result was the invasion of Iraq, the consequences of which are well known to everyone.”

対北朝鮮軍事協力として、弾道弾関連記事も報じられていた。

N.Korea ballistic missiles for Burma likely,
14 October 2003,
http://www.newsinsight.net/nati2.asp?recno=2363　(23 Jul 2006)

ミャンマーの弾道弾保有に関してSelthは　In this context, it is worth noting that Burma has never possesed ballistic missiles. Nor has it expressed any serious interest in acquring them, despite rumours in 1999 that the SPDC had asked China for some M-11 short-range ballistic missiles, of the kind reportedly helb by pakistan.として否定的。
Ibid.

昔、パキスタンの原子力関連科学者が亡命したとの報道もあった。
"Myanmar gives asylum to two Pak nuke scientists,"
PTI , NOVEMBER 23, 2001,<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1503847143.cm　> (26 Nov 2001)

Close on the heels of US intelligence officials questioning two Pakistani scientists on their alleged links with Osama Bin Laden's al Qaeda, Myanmar authorities have reportedly granted sanctuary to two other Pakistani nuclear scientists following a request from Islamabad, according to highly placed intelligence sources.

The two scientists, Dr Suleiman Asad and Dr Mohammad Ali Mukhtar, have been flown to Sagaing division of Myanmar, after the authorities in Yangon acceded to Pakistan regime's request, the sources said here.

上記の科学者について、

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, "Nuclear Scientific Community of Pakistan: Clear and Present Danger to Nonproliferation," SAAG, 　07.02. 2003, <http://www.saag.org/papers7/paper601.html> (23 Jul 2006)

8. Dr. Muhammd Ali Mukhtar:

Dr. Mukhtar is Ph.D in nuclear physics and has served in Khusab and Islamabad offices of PAEC. He is said to have joined PAEC in early 1980s. This Scientist is a weapon expert. He was allowed to slip out of Pakistan to Myanmar along with Dr. Suleiman Asad fearing interrogation by American agencies. The duo are said to have participated in an unspecified “research programme” in Myanmar. Before leaving to Myanmar, the scientist had been working in Khan Research Laboratories in the department dealing with defence production. The scientist is said to have connections with Al Qaeda.

9. Dr. Suleiman Asad:

To escape the interrogation regarding his linkage with Al Qaeda, with the support of Musharraf government Dr. Asad along with Dr. Ali Mukhtar had flown to Sagaing division of Myanmar. Dr. Asad is a weapon expert.
とある。