Manufacturing Doomsday
Charles Johnson
Fri Feb 6, 2004 at 7:50 pm PST • Views: 204
Here are some details about the Malaysian factory accused of manufacturing parts for nuclear weapons production; would you be surprised to learn that people associated with the factory are denying everything? Malaysia Is Caught in Nuclear Probe.
Managers at the Malaysian factory owned by Scomi Precision Engineering, or SCOPE, opened their doors to journalists Friday in an effort to prove their contribution to nuclear proliferation — if any — was unwitting.The case raises questions about export and trade regulations on so-called “dual-use” items, components for illegal technology that are indistinguishable from common machine parts to all but the experts.
“To me, they were just normal parts,” said Che Lokman Che Omar, manager of the SCOPE factory. “I have been using these machines for 15 years, and I have made many more difficult parts.”
Frank says: