War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
Thomas Mann
The campaign against Weapons in Space and against Star Wars are linked to the US plans to gain full military control of space, leading to total military domination of the world, by creating a ‘Missile Defence’ system.
Yorkshire CND believes that the concept of Missile Defence is a contradiction and works to expose the intentions behind the US military developments - that the development of the ‘Star Wars’ project will lead to a ‘Missile Attack’ system that could be used indiscriminately across the world leading to global terror and increased insecurity.
Missile Defence and Star Wars. The idea behind Missile Defence, or ‘Star Wars’ is that the US build and maintain listening bases (such as Menwith Hill in Yorkshire) and radar stations (such as Fylingdales in Yorkshire) across the world in order to detect and track any missiles launched against them.
Using the information from their bases, they claim they would be able to specifically intercept any missiles fired at them by firing a missile of their own (again, located in bases across the world) to blow them out of the sky, thus creating a ‘Space Shield’.
The reality is that the plans for Missile Defence are presented as a system to defend the US from attacks from so-called ‘Rogue States’, but are in actual fact part of a wider military project to ensure Full Spectrum Dominance for US military and economic purposes.
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