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Divine
Strake is part of the US nuclear weapons program to develop new
generations of nuclear weapons in violation of the Non Proliferation
Treaty.
Little notice is given to the fact that the Western Shoshone
lands are the most nuked
area of the Planet Earth. Short shrift is also given to the
fact that 1st Nations have developed very informed organizations and
networks to monitor and fight back against nuclear weapons development
and testing that impacts them at much higher levels and in far greater
proportion than other Americans. Visit the links to the right
to see the variety and depth of their organizations. Part 2
of Stop Divine Strake gives voice to some of their leading activists.
Consistent with the search for non-existent nuclear
weapons in Iraq, the Bush administration seeks to develop so-called
"bunker buster" tactical nuclear weapons to destroy alleged underground
nuclear weapons storage and command & control facilities in
Iran, North Korea, or elsewhere
The challenge is that despite the tremendous destructive
capacity of nuclear weapons, underground facilities might well survive
a nuclear direct hit on the surface or in the air.
Divine Strake is intended to test the effect of 700 tons
of chemical explosives (equal to a small nuclear weapon) buried 20 feet
below the surface on a series of underground bunkers and
tunnels. It is buried to simulate a missile designed to
penetrate the surface to that depth before detonating a nuclear warhead.
The test was to occur at the Nevada Nuclear test site -
approximately 65 miles north of Las Vegas - where over 900 nuclear
tests have been conducted over the past six decades. Though
this test uses conventional explosives, it would create a plume up to
10,000 feet high and thrust radioactive material from previous tests
into the atmosphere creating nuclear fallout that would be dispersed
for hundreds or even thousands of miles.
Citizen Alert and Nuke Watch NM have collaborated to
produce this video during the period preceeding the scheduled
test. In a victory for grassroots activists, the test has
been "delayed indefrinitely" and will now have to conform to NEPA
process and an extensive environmental impact report.
Part 1 of this series is available here and Part
3 will be available when editing is completed by Nuke Watch and Citizen
Watch.
Click
here
for Nuclear Watch NMClick here
for Citizen ActionClick here
for Citizen AlertClick here
for Indigenous Environmental NetworkClick here
for Western Shoshone Defense ProjectClick here
for Disarmament
ActivistClick here
for Shundahai
NetworkClick here
for Dr Helen Caldicott
and here
for her Nuclear Policy
Research Institute
