Press Releases & Updates 2003

As a result of Petter and Elisa’s security breach at Devonport, DML have sacked the firm who had the security contract at Devonport and have put in place electronic measures (including CCTV) and additional guards.

Petter said "Trident is a weapon of mass terror, built to kill hundreds of thousands in one single strike. Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon, who has threatened to use Trident against Iraq must be taken to court, not Elisa and me. I can’t see the logic of a situation where Tony Blair is threatening Iraq with nuclear war if they don’t grant access to weapons inspectors, while we were arrested for a peaceful inspection of Britain’s illegal weapons of mass destruction."

In February last year HMS Vanguard, the first of four Trident submarines, arrived in Devonport for its scheduled refit. It is expected that refitting the four submarines will take a total of eight years. This poses appalling hazards from radioactive emissions and horrifying danger from an accident or a terrorist attack to everybody who lives within at least a 30 mile radius of Plymouth, adding to the existing grave risk posed by the 12 nuclear powered submarines already sited at Devonport. And all in the middle of a major and densely populated city.

Trident Ploughshares was established in 1998 to challenge the UK’s illegal and immoral possession and threatened use of nuclear weapons. Trident Ploughshares activists pledge to dismantle the UK’s nuclear arsenal in a peaceful, non-violent, open and accountable manner. As of 22nd January this year there had been 1,803 arrests, 398 trials, 1,711 days spent in prison and £56,490.50 of fines and compensation orders.

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