US Missile Defence is part of US' strategy for full military domination of land, air, sea, space and information. The US describes it as a defensive system as it allows the US to shoot down incoming missiles.
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Trident is the UK's nuclear weapons system and is based at Faslane, near Glasgow in Scotland. The submarines can carry up to 48 nuclear warheads, each eight times as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. |
Menwith Hill, near Harrogate North Yorkshire, is run by the US National Security Agency, operates outside US law and is not accountable in British law. It is part of a global network spying on international telecommunications. |
Redhall Group is based in Wakefield and has been directly involved in the manufacture of the UK's nuclear bombs for over ten years and is making profit out of AWE Aldermaston's illegal expansion. |
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Nuclear power is an unsafe, non-renewable energy source that is directly linked to the production of nuclear weapons. Despite safety concerns, raised by the recent Fukushima disaster and research in Germany showing high leukemia rates near power stations, the UK government are currently planning to build 8 new nuclear power stations.
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Space is used for military purposes, but there are no weapons in space. Space weapons would have serious effects on international relations. Some states, in particular the US, see space weapons as the future in dominance. |
Fylingdales, near Whitby North Yorkshire, is one of five US Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar stations. In 2003 Tony Blair, the then Prime Minister, gave permission for the base to become part of the US Missile Defence programme.
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