A decision on the possible replacement of the Trident submarine nuclear weapons system is due in this parliament. According to reports, the UK government, despite its commitment to nuclear disarmament under the NPT, has already decided to replace Trident. Help send the message loud and clear from Oxford - get rid of Trident and don’t replace it!
Trident is Britain's nuclear weapon system. It consists of four nuclear-armed submarines, one of which is on operational patrol at all times. Each Trident submarine carries 48 nuclear warheads, each of which can be sent to a different target. Each warhead has an explosive power of up to 100 kilotons, the equivalent of 100,000 tons of conventional high explosive and 8 times the power of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people.
Trident is illegal, immoral and a waste of resources. It does nothing to increase world security and undermines international efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Rally, Broad St
Saturday, 26th November 2005
2pm
CO-ORGANISED AND SUPPORTED BY: OXFORD Y&S CND, OXFORDSHIRE PEACE CAMPAIGN, OXFORD CND, ABINGDON PEACE GROUP, OXFORD PEOPLE & PLANET, KIDLINGTON PEACE CAMPAIGN, PAX CHRISTI, CHRISTIAN CND, CLERGY AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, DOMINICANS FOR PEACE & JUSTICE, NETWORK OF OXFORD WOMEN FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE (NOW)
Trident is illegal, immoral and a waste of resources. It does nothing to increase world security and undermines international efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Rally, Broad St
Saturday, 26th November 2005
2pm
CO-ORGANISED AND SUPPORTED BY: OXFORD Y&S CND, OXFORDSHIRE PEACE CAMPAIGN, OXFORD CND, ABINGDON PEACE GROUP, OXFORD PEOPLE & PLANET, KIDLINGTON PEACE CAMPAIGN, PAX CHRISTI, CHRISTIAN CND, CLERGY AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, DOMINICANS FOR PEACE & JUSTICE, NETWORK OF OXFORD WOMEN FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE (NOW)
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