USA TO LAUNCH ICBM MINUTMAN III ON NOV 18 FROM VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
COMMENTARY ARCHIVES, 5 Nov 2009
This seems hypocritical after the criticism of North Korea’s short range liquid fuel missiles.
Minuteman III is a hair trigger alert high speed, solid fuel, computer/satellite guided desiged to carry weapons for large civilian areas. The test missile will carry dummy warheads, but it is a missile test for nuclear delivery systems. This violates the good faith disarmament component of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.
http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/ here is the base link to check that it is happening or send a message to the base commander Col David Buck (who has his own facebook page!)
Mailing Address:
30 SW/PA
Building 12,000
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Ca 93437-6267
Send a copy to me at MacGregor Eddy po Box 5789 Salinas CA 93915 so they cannot ignore it. or email it to macgregoreddy@gmail.com
www.vandenbergwitness.org for details of the protest we will have at midnight (11:55 pm Nov 17) you can also post comments on this website.
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Please write to your nearest US embassy, or even go to them in person to ask the USA to show leadership for a nuclear weapons free future.
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