For decades, Burma's ruling regime has been regarded primarily as a menace to its own people. But with recent reports confirming long-held suspicions that the junta aspires to establish Burma as Southeast Asia's first nuclear-armed state, there is now a very real danger that it is emerging as a threat to the rest of the region.
At the moment, the paranoid generals in Naypyidaw are far from realising their dream of developing the ultimate deterrent to foreign invasion. But it would be a mistake to underestimate the regime's determination to acquire some sort of nuclear weapon, no matter how primitive, with which to ward off any threat from countries it regards as hostile to its survival.
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