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Press Releases & Updates 2003
16th October 2003
Nuclear Weapon Convoy Breakdown in National Park
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Today a UK nuclear weapon convoy, on its way from the Trident base at Coulport to the bomb factory at Burghfield in England, was held up in Loch Lomond National park for around an hour due to a mechanical fault.
During the hold-up the convoy was parked in a lay-by one mile north of the Arden roundabout on the A82 within the Loch Lomond National Park. It is believed that the convoy was carrying 8 Trident warheads, equivalent to the firepower of 50 Hiroshimas.
The convoy traveled north to Coulport on Monday when it was stopped twice by the actions of protesters, five of whom were arrested.
A Nukewatch spokesperson said: “Searching for WMD is a lot easier in Scotland than Iraq, due to the huge scale of the Trident operation and the blatant disregard of the UK government for humanitarian law.”
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