Vengeance Racks Off

Faslane Peace Camp in Scotland was home to two very successful actions against Trident nuclear submarines last month. First, three people managed to gain entrance to the depot where the war heads are stored before being loaded onto the Trident submarines. One of them climbed to the top of the crane used to unload the warheads and was almost immediately removed by police, All three were arrested for breaching local bylaws, two of whom were later released without charge. But the woman who made it up the crane was charged and is due to appear in court on July 5th.

Later in the month HMS Vengeance (the 4th Trident submarine) was due to arrive at the base, having been delayed for two months due to its communications equipment having been sabotaged! (see EF!AU issue 56). A camp was set up on the peninsula overlooking the entrance to the Loch, which Vengeance was to enter. Large numbers of people were there to resist it, with floating obstacles, which may have had the capacity to damage it, to place in its way, and boats to sail out in to obstruct it.

Faced with this opposition the submarine was diverted to Coulport instead of Faslane. Some people managed to get there to protest its arrival and people swam to within 30 yards of it before being stopped by police.

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