Nuclear Weapons Inspectors stopped by police at Aldermaston

Nuclear weapons inspectors are stopped by police from inspecting the Aldermaston nuclear facility in Berkshire, England - the inspectors explain the situation.

More details at http://www.greenpeace.org.uk

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• Aldermaston
• Greenpeace
• nuclear
• weapons
• trident
• uk
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• britain
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[bubbles867]

That stupid Yank 'weapons inspector ' is at Aldermaston to 'inspect' British warheads?? what all 200 , maybe he wants to go back to his own country and inspect the THOUSANDS of warheads there!

[GreenpeaceUK]

He's a Canadian actually - they're a non-nuclear nation, last time I looked...

[Nano200852]

Nelson Mandela, Ghandi and the Suffragettes changed how people perceived other...classes? (<<not the exact word I want). You lot seem to be missing my point, Im not for nuclear weapons, Im Armed Forces and the last thing I would want is a nuclear war. My point is no country with decent leaders would give up its nuclear weapons because it then becomes weaker than those with weapons. The world isnt such a nice rosy place where countries can all play nicely together.

[GreenpeaceUK]

Maybe you should try listening to the opinions of some of your current and former top brass on Trident:

Field Marshall Lord Bramall, a former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lord Ramsbotham, a former Adjutant-General, and General Sir Hugh Beach, former Master General of the Ordinance, said in a letter to The Times printed last month that Trident had become "virtually irrelevant" and "it must be asked in what way, and against whom, our nuclear weapons could be used".

[GreenpeaceUK]

... and last week Gen Jack Sheehan, a former Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic for Nato, backed their calls. In a BBC interview he said: "I think the UK is very close to saying we're the first permanent member of the Security Council to do away with nuclear weapons. I think it is entirely possible that the British government, for a lot of good reasons, could do it and it would lead the world."

[GreenpeaceUK]

Right now over 100 military and defence experts, backed by the Obama administration, are calling for a new global programme to eliminate nuclear weapons. But our govt seems determined to scupper this major new initiative by replacing Trident - tying Britain into nuclear rearmament for the next 40 years.

Blowing billions on replacing this cold war relic is insane. It undermines efforts to eliminate nukes & ignores the fact that the greatest long term security threat we face is climate change.

[dt2002dk]

Despite Hiroshima, despite Nagasaki, you still all talk of money - not human life. What is wrong with you?

Have you truly lost sight of the fact nuclear bombs are built for use. The only reason deterrence works to any unstable degree is the genuine threat of use.

Isn't it so simple? Well, isn't it?

[randomusernamemygod]

@PhilDesigns The Knowledge that its a prank. He is not a weapons inspector, there is no organisation that has "Weapons Inspector" on the helmets and jackets. For nuclear weapon inspection it is done independently in Britain, US, Russia, France and China with international bodies being allowed to inspect (International Atomic Energy Agency) on permission. The International Atomic Energy Agency is pretty much the only Agency that can.

FAIL!!!!!

[grumpyrozzer]

@PhilDesigns

Oh,none realy. Only a PhD in Nuclear Science...

[PhilDesigns]

@grumpyrozzer enough to be deemed a professional nuclear weapons inspector.. what knowledge do you posses of any nuclear qualifications? none.

[grumpyrozzer]

And what qualifications does our Canaidian freind hold??

[camelsac]

@GreenpeaceUK One thing that all those people have in common that I noticed in your post - they are all FORMER which means they have no relevance to the issue.....

[flashpoint145]

This guy is a fake inspector....duh

[pauldve]

He will end up dead in the woods like Dr Kelly if hes not carefull

[slowdazzles]

@lightningpete Thing is Pete, there's a review on military spending due after the election, and Trident isn't even included in it! If it was, they'd have to justify why it's a necessary part of our defence strategy, and they're trying to avoid this at all costs, because they know it has no military value.

Sure the £97bn we'd save from cancelling it wouldn't all be spent on military kit we actually need, but some proportion of it would - enough to improve the Afghanistan situation, maybe?

[lightningpete]

@slowdazzles did not say that, i kinda meant that these countries keep a lot of secrets in the East, probably for self-defence rather than offensive, but thats another tangent to discuss. Yes i agree its a political doomsday machine, but because its the politicians with the money to splash about on the MOD and the Armed forces, then they ultimately decide where the cash is spent. I'd love to see the 97 billion making us into the super army again, but like most things, thats never going to happen

[slowdazzles]

I just wish people would get a grip and rationally evaluate the probabilities here - after all, less than 10 nations out of 180 or so actually have nukes or are working to get them - are the rest living in permanent fear of attack? Of course not.

So let's just forget about wasting £97bn on new nukes, negotiate our existing ones away in multinational treaties (ie we reduce ours as they reduce theirs, proportionally) and spend the money on things this recession-struck country actually needs.