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1990.05. CND Campaign Wales No.16 campazgn• WALES CND Cymru Membe.rs Newsletter No. 16 May - July. 1990 20p COLD WAR RELIC The alarming news that a high­ security £1,000 million radar system is to be built at Brawdy can only be cause for concern to the people of Wales. RAF Brawdy, nestling on the west coast of Wales, is well known to us in the peace movement as a United States submarine tracking station. It is now to be home to a radar system that, as the Independent stated (23.3.90) " is specially designed to provide early warning of cruise missile attacks at a time when the Soviet armed forces ... are not looking nearly as aggressive as they were seven "For the last time, sir, I'm telling you our jets don't fly that low" years ago. " · Not only is it a dangerous, expensive relic from the pre-lNF treaty days, but as revealed in Wales on Sunday (1.4.90), it poses a considerable threat to people's ABOVE OUR HEADS health: " Hazards allegedly include leukaemia, bowel and skin cancer, impaired vision and poor memory." It added that "A study of Polish military JUST! personel revealed that exposure to radar increased the risk of cancer three-fold". Twenty-four military planes have crashed in Wales As we go to press, a campaign to stop the development is being formed. CND over the last 1O years. As the number of flights Cymru, who have been in the forefront of increases, so does the risk of a disaster. protests at Brawdy in recent years, urges all its supporters in the area to be They are NOT practising to fight off an CND Cymru launched a new national involved, for, as our Chair, Rhodri Glyn attacker. To do that, they would have to campaign against low-flying at the annual Thomas says: "This base is a throwback fly as fast and as high as possible. They conference in Aberystwyth on 21 April. A to the days of cruise missiles and we must are rehearsing long-range bombing bilingual leaflet outlining the case against expose this folly as unnecessary and attacks, flying low to escape radar low flying is available from Bob Cole, unwanted, and tell the USA and the detection. Bryn Elltyd, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau British Government that the people of Ffestiniog, Gwynedd LL41 3TW. {Tel. Almost all these planes can carry Wales did not vote for it, we do not want 0766 831356). nuclear bombs. And a it and we will oppose it." new generation of air-launched nuclear missiles is being developed. e MORE ON LOW FLYING PAGE 2 INSIDE: CND CYMRU'S NEW SUMMER CATALOGUE campaign .Wales 2 ''No end to Navy ., low flying'' larks Another full West Glamorgan The Ministry of Defence visits Machynlleth County Council meeting has gone, still without West Glamorgan 130 people came to a public meeting, making a policy decision on whether organised by Machynlleth Town to take part in the Navy's "safety" Council, to hear Air Marshall Brian plan for their proposed nuclear­ Cable say that the Air Force has powered submarine berth (Z-berth) in absolutely no intention of changing Swansea docks. its. policy on 'low flying'. This time, however, there was at least some discussion of the proposal - with He explained that the main purpose of these exercises is to train pilots to fly in most speakers being strongly opposed to such a way that they cannot be picked up the plan - which was then referred back by enemy radar. to a Working Group. (This Working Group was originally a Sub-Committee, Until 1979 low flying was restricted to but its status underwent a swift change definite routes. New arrangements in that year meant that pilots were given when it was discovered that Sub­ instructions to avoid built-up areas, Committees are open to the public, whereas Working Groups are not!). airfields and nuclear installations, but Military aircraft accident, In Walea 1lnce 1980 gave them much more freedom and 1. Swansea 1980 14. Ang lesey 1984 However, there are encouraging 2. Lampeter 1980 15. Claerwen 1986 flexibility. In recent years this has resulted 3. RAF Va lley 1980 16. Valley 1986 indications of movement within the in 100,000 flights by planes and 40,000 by 4. RAF Brawdy 1981 17. Brawdy 1986 5. Corwen 1982 18. Builth Wells 1987 ruling Labour group towards rejecting helicopters. He stated that it was unusual 6, Nant-y-Moch 1982 19. Aberystwyth 1987 the Navy's plan, but not yet to the extent 7. Claerwen 1982 20 . Brawdy 1988 for planes to fly at under 250 feet. 8. Valley 1982 21 . Ponthenri 1989 of actually challenging and defeating the 9. Carmarthen 1982 22 . Machynlleth 1989 An officer from the Ministry of 10. Brawdy 1982 23. Brawdy 1989 pro-nuclear submarine elements of the Defence said that the number of 11. Llanberis 1983 24. Capel-y-Ffin 1990 council and council officers. 12. Brawdy 1983 Source: Wales on Sunday complaints from the public had risen 13. Cardigan Bay 1984 The 'Stop the Subs' campaign considerably since the introduction of the organised a mass balloon release from a Tornado aircraft. Last year there were park near the proposed Z-berth site, on 8,000 complaints and about £40,000 was Chernobyl Day, April 26th. The balloons paid in compensation. had tags attached, explaining to the A local councillor asked him why they Sweden. The Air Marshall seemed at a finder that if there were an accident on flew over the town when they were loss to give an adequate reply. board a nuclear-powered submarine in supposed to avoid schools and hospitals. Swansea docks, this would be an The answer was that the pilots did their The Ministry of Defence should face (invisible) piece of radiation that they best to avoid areas such as Machynlleth, the reality of the situation, according to but that it was not always possible! Dr Dafydd Elis Thomas MP. When would have found, not a balloon! We are people see the armed forces of Russia asking all balloon finders to return the Martin Ashby . (CND Cymru) being pulled out of Eastern Europe, was tags to us, stating where they were found, expressed grave concern that the strategies there any justification for continuing with so that we can gain a picture of how the of the Armed Forces had altered little the old strategies of NATO and what need radiation would spread. This information since 1945, despite the great changes in could there be for low flying? Eastern Europe. Air Marshall Cable can then be released to the press and replied that in his opinion there had not At the end of the meeting a petition councillors. been significant changes and he had against low flying signed by 1,015 local The 'Stop the Subs' group always instructions to carry on as before. people was presented by Mr lthel needs good ideas, money and people's of Machynlleth. Bill Pritchard, from Barmouth, who Rowlands time - if you can spare any (or all!) of has been researching into low flying, What became clear during the evening these, please contact us at 72 Gwyn maintained that one object of these flights was that the speakers had come to explain Street, Yr Alltwen, Pontardawe, is for an unexpected nuclear attack on the reasons for low flying, but not to Abertawe SAS 3AN (cheques payable to Russia. He went on to explain that he had discuss any changes in policy. 'Stop the Subs Campaign' please). Our recently learnt that the Swedish Air Force Eastern Europe is changing; armies video and speakers on the issue are also is taking steps to prevent an attack of this and2 conventional weapons are being cut; available to any interested group. sort, by British planes, taking place but NATO nuclear policy continues as through the narrow valleys of Norway and before. campaign Wales 3 Death on delivery The London government promotes the arms trade to an extent not enjoyed by any other exporters. Through the Defence Export Services Organisation, with a budget of £10 million and a staff of 240, it organizes the Arms Fairs - the British Army Equipment Exhibition at Aldershot, alternating annually with the Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition at Portsmouth. Apart from guns, planes and tanks, repressive equipment, from leg irons to sophisticated riot control vehicles, are on offer. 'Dual use' equipment, such as landrovers, radar and computers which can have civilian or military use, are traded. Sixty countries and over 300 British arms manufacturers attended the Portsmouth Fair last year. Military 'Shut Trident Out' protest at AWE Cardiff on March 31 attaches in British embassies do the follow up. It is all shrouded in secrecy. The guest list to the Arms Fair is kept secret, although details often leak out or are 'discovered'. This has Civil Liberties Nuclear implications. The government claims that it does not supply repressive regimes or countries at war, but British arms still found their way Hypocrites into the Iran-Iraq war, to Chile, and sophisticated radar has been sold to South Africa. The discovery that nuclear triggers CND Cymru will be playing its part The Campaign against the Arms Trade were being smuggled through when, under the slogan "Wales says NO was set up in 1974 by a number of to Nuclear Weapons", the 'Giant Heathrow Airport, on their way to organisations which realised the the Ribbon' peace petition is launched at the significance of the arms trade. It is still Iraq, can only cause alarm to the Urdd Eisteddfod in Gwynedd at the end partly funded by Plaid Cymru, Friends of peace movement.
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