Coach from London: Stop US nukes coming to Lakenheath!

London CND campaigns in the Greater London area for scrapping Trident, the UK's nuclear weapons system andto rid the world of all nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction in order to create genuine security for future generations.Our bi-monthly Open Meetings are open to all

London Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Join the London CND contingent protesting against the return of US nuclear weapons in Britain

Opposite Embankment underground station

It has been revealed that Britain is to become the sixth country in Europe to host US nuclear weapons. The expected location: RAF Lakenheath, a US Air Force base in Suffolk - 70 miles away from London.Creating the conditions for siting American nuclear weapons in Britain puts us on the front line of a nuclear war. It is tantamount to painting a target on the back of everyone in this country. Join the London CND contingent to Lakenheath on Saturday 21 May. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------£10 student / unwaged / low-waged£22 standard£30 solidarity - please help us cover the costs of this action!Can't make it but want to participate? You can also donate the amount of your choice and enable someone else to join us!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What's the plan?<ul><li>London CND has booked a coach leaving at 10am from opposite Embankment Underground station, London. It will drop us off very close to RAF Lakenheath around 12:30pm </li><li>Protests from 1 to 3pm will involve speeches, music and creative actions. Feel free to prepare your own!</li><li>We will then return to Embankment by the same means and arrive back in London at 6pm</li></ul>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More info on RAF LakenheathThe US withdrew its nuclear weapons from Lakenheath in 2008 after more than 50 years of US nuclear weapons deployment in the UK. Lakenheath was used to store USAF nuclear gravity bombs. The facilities to do so are still intact. In 2015 Lakenheath was selected to host the new generation of United States nuclear-capable fighter- bomber aircraft in Europe, the F-35A. The first of them arrived there in December last year. The revelation of the return of US nuclear weapons in Lakenheath was announced in April by Hans Kristensen, Nuclear Information Project Director at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), from analysing a US Department of Defence document.Arms Control Association Director Daryl Kimball believes it is ‘an early sign that the US and Nato are preparing to engage in a protracted and maybe heightened standoff with Putin’s Russia’. The British government is working hand in glove with the US on Ukraine. Boris Johnson’s recent announcement of increased military assistance to President Zelensky, including supplying offensive weaponry, is stoking the fires of a nuclear war that could stretch across Europe and beyond. We want Britain to back negotiations, not escalate the war.Stop US nukes coming to Lakenheath!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For all questions, please contact Julie: info@londoncnd.org

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