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Possible Nuclear Weapon Bunker in Burma?

Posted by James Turnbull, Wednesday, 5th August 2009

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Halfway up a Burmese mountain we find a large, blue, mysterious building, that appears to have been built right into the side of the mountain. What could such a building be designed to house, and why would it need to be semi-submerged? One suggestion is that this is a top secret nuclear reactor, created with the help of North Korea.

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Burmese defectors that a nuclear reactor was being constructed near Naung Laing, which happens to be just 3 miles SE of this location.

The suspicious building appears to have large power cable connections, and there could well be security checkpoints on the surrounding roads, so perhaps the Burmese do have something to hide here?

Of course, none of this actually means there’s anything exciting going on at the building, it could still be an innocent sports hall.

So, is anyone convinced that we’ve got a nuclear bunker? What other things can you spot that might prove that it is a secret reactor or bomb factory?

Thanks to Arms Control Wonk, ISIS, Ogle Earth

7 Responses to 'Possible Nuclear Weapon Bunker in Burma?'

  1. Peter says:

    Aren’t reactors built next to rivers or other watercourses, in order to provide cooling water? I don’t see anything of the sort near this site.

  2. Flümo says:

    It took me quite a while to not see this as a swimming pool anymore. Weird illusion…

  3. Jeff says:

    Yikes. I too first thought it was a swimmng pool. It took by brain a sec to do a perceptual flip to see it as a building, then another flip to realize it was in a hole and not on a platform. The ramp is going down, not up. I still dont see the power cables.

  4. Bob says:

    If you are trying to hide a building why do you give it a blue roof and clear the vegetation for a large area around?

  5. koen says:

    It’s where the Burmese hide their alien specimens.

  6. Tammo says:

    You would certainly need a huge amount of water for running a nuclear POWER PLANT … but if the reactor is only there to produce weapons grade plutonium – I’m not so sure. But I agree that it is awfully conspicuous … given that undesirable nuclear facilities are liable to be bombed. You would think such activities would be better hidden. But then maybe that’s what they WANT us to think …. hmmm

  7. Ryan says:

    If you look alittle to the West it looks like there are little villages so idk why they would have that so close to them. but idk its still weird

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