With the help of North Korea, Myanmar has acquired components for a nuclear weapons program, including technology for uranium enrichment and long-range missiles, ABC News has learned.In this Jan. 6, 2010, photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, Myanmar defector Sai Thein Win poses at an undisclosed location in Myanmar. Documents he smuggled out of Myanmar indicate its military regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, and North Korea is probably assisting the program, an expatriate media group said today. (Democratic Voice of Burma/AP Photo)
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.
"They want to have the rockets and nuclear warhead," he said.
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