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Faslane Peace Campers Trespass at Coulport Nuclear Weapons Depot

Faslane Flossie | 15.06.2012 19:53 | SOCPA | Anti-Nuclear | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Two Peace Campers entered the the Explosives Handling Jetty area at RNAD Coulport in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

explosives handling jetty coulport
explosives handling jetty coulport


Angus Chalmers and Leonna O'Neill left Faslane Peace Camp on foot at approximately 10pm with the intentions of seeing how close they could get to Coulport under the cover of darkness. By the time they were approaching the outer fence perimeter the two still hadn't been apprehended or detected by security or any of the night vision cctv cameras, and so decided to continue to see how far luck (or the ineptitudes of the security system on what should be the most heavily guarded naval depot in the UK) would get them.

They decided to approach the Explosives Handling Jetty via the shore line and entered by wading water and climbing a razor wire fence. At this point they decided to walk visibly and announce themselves to the first police they saw. To their surprise they were met with zero security personnel and were able to access a jetty a matter of feet from the Explosives Handling Jetty where the Trident nuclear warheads are loaded to the Vangaurd submarines.

Angus climbed a further fence into the establishment setting off a sensor which activated the bandit alarm alerting the MOD Police security and cctv camera operators of their whereabouts. Both were soon apprehended, arrested and charged with military by-laws and the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) at approx 4.15 am. They were were brought to Clydebank police holding cells where they were held in custody until court on Thursday afternoon. The SOCPA charges were dropped and they pleaded not guilty to the by-laws charges.

Leonna and Angus said "This is evidence that the Coulport Nuclear Weapons Depot is unsafe. The capacity for this technology to irreparably destroy life and the environment should be reason enough to ensure that it is safe guarded and protected in a way that does not allow for human error or complacency. The relative ease at which we were able to approach and enter Coulport on foot and the close proximity we were able to get to the Explosives Handling Jetty is surprising and disturbing".

Faslane Flossie
- e-mail: faslane30@riseup.net
- Homepage: http://faslanepeacecamp.wordpress.com/

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This action was part of...

15.06.2012 19:57

this action was taken as part of our 30 Days of Direct Action against nuclear weapons to mark the 30th anniversary of resistance at Faslane. For more info see  https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2012/05/496342.html

Faslane Flossie


surprised

16.06.2012 18:42

>> The capacity for this technology to irreparably destroy life and the environment should be reason enough to ensure that it is safe guarded and protected in a way that does not allow for human error or complacency.

Yeah i totally agree with that. They need to beef up their security as this is dangerous stuff.

Amabell


?

18.06.2012 11:13

excellent action.
but was there a need to print comrades names and was this done with their consent?

just wondering


@ just wondering

18.06.2012 16:24

yes, the commrades consented to their names being used... the commrades even wrote the article once they were out of custody! We discussed the ins and outs of it and figured there was no harm as we are pretty open about what we do (proud even!) especially when it is this type of accountable action.

Faslane Flossie


stop sounding like a 17yo

18.06.2012 21:57

If i hear one more person call someone else a "Comrade" i am going to be sick

This is England. Not Russia or a communist state

Mr Men


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