H&N Vigil : WMDs should be banned the world over.

Peace activists held a vigil and a silent march through Bromley town centre to mark the 73rd anniversary of the dropping of atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August 1945. The bombings resulted in the complete destruction of the cities and the death of more than 300 000 people 95% of them were innocent civilians.
The march ended in Church House Gardens, where poems were recited and white chrysantumums were floated on the lake in memory of the victims.

Ann Garrett, the Secretary of Bromley Borough CND said " contrary to common belief the atom bombs did not end the Second World War, the Japanese were already on the verge of capitulation, as Dwight Eisenhawer (34th U.S. president) confirmed at the time."

Todate, the residents of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki are living with the consequences of the horrific bombing. "The arms trade is doing very well thanks to many conflicts around the world. We in CND think; The UK is less safe when it posses weapons of mass destruction. Nuclear Weapons are immoral, illegal and very expensive", Ann Garrett added.

Nuclear weapons are absolutely useless in countering today's national security challenges. They divert funds from adequate supply of protective materials for our soldiers. CND argues for getting rid of these expensive and dangerous weapons.

Just over a year ago , 122 countries voted in favour of a UN sponsored Global Ban Treaty on nuclear weapons, CND believes this is the way forwards to make the world a much safer place. Bromley Borough CND activists urge the British government to sign this treaty.

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British military aircraft regularly carry highly radioactive material across the Atlantic to one of the RAF’s largest bases on flights vital to the Trident nuclear weapons system, according to new research, Declassified UK can reveal. The little-known flights are a lifeline sustaining the ‘special relationship’ embodied in the secretive US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement due to be renewed later this year without the need for any parliamentary scrutiny or even approval. At least ten of the special round trips between RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and US military bases, usually by large RAF C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft, take place every year, according to Nukewatch, which monitors traffic in nuclear weapons and their components. In a joint report with Nukewatch, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) told Declassified: “The UK cannot claim to have an independent nuclear weapons system when it is so reliant on the US for technical information and nuclear materials, including...

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