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	HMNB Clyde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde is the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Scotland and is best known as the home of the United Kingdom's strategic deterrent submarine force.
		The patrol vessels of the Northern Ireland Squadron were based at Faslane from 1993 until the squadron was decommissioned in July 2005.
		The base is the headquarters of Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland (FOSNNI), Naval Base Commander (Commodore) and Captain HMS Neptune.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMNB_Clyde (968 words)

	CND - CND IN THE NEWS
		The protesters are calling for the nuclear base to be closed and are accusing the government of hypocrisy over weapons of mass destruction.
		PEACE activists from across Europe are due to blockade Faslane Naval Base this morning in the latest of a string of protests against Britain’s nuclear weapons.
		Protesters claimed that the blockade of Faslane naval base on the Clyde, home to Britain’s Trident submarines, was one of their most successful ever.
	www.cnduk.org /pages/cnews/030425.html (1946 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Faslane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SIXTEEN Quakers were arrested outside the Faslane naval base yesterday, during an anti-nuclear protest.
		FASLANE naval base, home to the Trident missile submarines, had a visit yesterday from the Rt Rev...
		TWELVE women were arrested yesterday outside a naval base at the start of a year-long blockade.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1174 (369 words)

	42 held in nuclear base protest - News - Pipex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The men and women, who come from Sweden and Finland, were held at Faslane Naval Base in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, after blocking the main entrance on Monday morning.
		Faslane is home to the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system and subject to frequent protests from anti-nuclear campaigners.
		Mr Smedjeback, who said he works as a non-violent trainer, added that his group felt compelled to travel to Faslane as the nuclear weapons at the base were the closest to Sweden and Finland.
	news.pipex.com /pipex/story/0,17019,8830_1603303,00.html (333 words)

	Hundreds blockade Faslane ahead of G8 meeting \| 4/7/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hundreds of protesters are blockading Scotland's nuclear naval base Faslane in the run-up to the G8 summit at Gleneagles.
		Up to 2,000 demonstrators are expected to gather at the Clyde base, Scotland's largest, in protest at the amount of money the G8 countries spend on weapons.
		Today's protest is the eighth sit-down blockade of the base since 2000, and is expected to continue throughout the day.
	www.nadir.org /nadir/initiativ/agp/resistg8/media/0704faslane.htm (280 words)

	£125m plan to give Faslane sailors a new life of luxury - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SAILORS at Faslane naval base are being moved into new £125million hotel-style living quarters - complete with a cinema and 10-pin bowling alley.
		Around 6000 people are employed at Faslane and hundreds of staff have to be based on the site round-the-clock, for months at a time.
		Captain Martin Atherton, of HMS Neptune, the shore establishment within Faslane, said: "HM Naval Base Clyde is home to some of the most important aspects of the Royal Navy's work.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /hi/news/5047535.html (479 words)

	Naval Technology - SSK Victoria Class Long Range Patrol Submarines
		The vessel was handed over to the Canadian Navy at Faslane Naval Base in Scotland in October 2004.
		The submarines are a central component of each of the two high-readiness task groups, the Contingency Task Group which operates on 10 days' readiness for deployment and the National Task Group which operates on 60 days' readiness.
		The submarine is fitted with a diesel electric propulsion system driving a single shaft, based on two Paxman Valenta 16SZ diesel engines each rated at 2.7MW sustained power with two 2.8MW Alsthom alternators and an Alsthom motor rated at 4MW.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/ssk_victoria (1265 words)

	Anti Nuclear Weapons Campaign - Faslane 365 - help needed to set-up meetings in your locality - Indymedia Ireland
		Faslane 365 is a non-violent civil resistance project aimed at disarming the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons.
		We hope to achieve this through ongoing campaigning and a peaceful year-long blockade of the Faslane naval base in Scotland where the Trident submarines are berthed.
		Faslane 365 is also a valuable chance for groups to raise awareness about their own issues, make links with other groups and find out how the UK’s nuclear weapons system affects them.
	www.indymedia.ie /article/74527 (536 words)

	Faslane Peace Camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Faslane Peace Camp is a controversial permanent peace camp sited outside Faslane Naval base gates in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
		Camp residents have occasionally breached the security of the Naval Base by getting inside the fence or by disrupting the road transportation of the Trident missile warheads.
		They are also active, with Trident Ploughshares and CND in large public blockades of the base, attended by members of the public and a few politicians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faslane_Peace_Camp (443 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| MSPs arrested at Faslane protest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Four members of the Scottish Parliament were arrested during an anti-nuclear protest at the Faslane naval base on the Clyde.
		They included three swimmers who were caught just after midnight near a floating security boom in the water at the base, while six others were held at about 0600 BST after cutting through a fence at the facility near the A814.
		Faslane has seen a number of protests in recent years against the Trident fleet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3588568.stm (567 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Trident nuclear warheads are weapons of mass destruction, and it is the intention of Faslane Peace Camp to highlight and disrupt the prescence of these weapons in Scotland.All three hundred of Britains trident warheads will be based in Scotland as of April 1st 1998.
		Faslane Peace Camp also brings trade to local businesses, particularly in the summer when thousands of environmentalists and peace activists from around the world visit the camp.
		We are activelly involved in informing the public about accidents in the Bases in Coulport and Faslane, about the convoys of nuclear warheads that travel along Scotlands roads, about the amount of money wasted on weapons of mass destruction.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/pipexdsl/d/adhb32/news/980331a.htm (511 words)

	For Mother Earth: Upcoming Actions
		Take part in a two-day blockade of the Trident submarine base in Faslane, Scotland on 1st and 2nd January 2007.
		Faslane is located about 30 kilometres north west of Glasgow in Scotland.
		Faslane 365 is a campaign that demands nuclear disarmament in Britain, by organising a year-long continuous nonviolent blockade of the Faslane base.
	www.motherearth.org /agenda/action.php (454 words)

	Green Left - SCOTLAND: MPs arrested at anti-nuclear blockade
		In a blockade of the Faslane naval base on the River Clyde, near Glasgow, organised by Trident Ploughshares and Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on August 23, police arrested 63 protesters for attempting to prevent staff from entering the base, by lying in the road or chaining themselves to the gates.
		Faslane nuclear submarine base is home to Britain's massive arsenal of weapons of mass destruction.
		The Trident missile warheads stored at Faslane are eight times as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the USA in 1945.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2004/596/31887 (376 words)

	Google Earth Community: UK Nuclear Submarine Base
		The Royal Navy's nuclear weapons depot is located 8 miles north of Faslane naval base.
		Faslane is the naval station which is home to the UK's nuclear deterrant force, comprising of trident submarines.
		This is part of Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/26579/page (365 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - No plans to privatise Faslane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is wrong to suggest, for example, that we would consider privatising the armed guarding of the Naval Base.
		Fewer warships and better maintenance techniques have reduced the amount of refit work required by the Royal Navy and the MOD is working closely with trade unions and industry to find better ways of achieving its requirement.
		To reassure workers at the Naval Base and those who live nearby, Mr Hoon said: "Let me be clear, safety and security would be paramount in any plans to involve private contractors in maintenance and support activities at Faslane.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0008/0000080802.asp (330 words)

	HM Naval Base Clyde - United Kingdom Nuclear Forces
		Extensive facilities to support the Trident system have been constructed at the Naval Base at Faslane, the home of the UK strategic nuclear deterrent force, and the Royal Naval Armament Depot at Coulport.
		Faslane is officially called HMS Neptune, because in the Royal Navy a shore Establishment is commissioned as one of Her Majesty's Ships, and officers and ratings assigned duty at the facility are recorded as being appointed to HMS Neptune.
		The Naval Technical Department [NTD] in HM Naval Base Clyde is a major support engineering operation, providing the full spectrum of nuclear submarine engineering support with the exception only of nuclear refueling.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/uk/clyde.htm (274 words)

	Protesters Shut All Gates at UK Nuke Base - 166 arrested : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hundreds of people protesting against Britain's weapons of mass destruction have this morning closed all vehicular access to Faslane naval base, home of Trident nuclear weapon submarines.
		The blockade succeeded in spite of an attempt by the police to foil it by not allowing buses to unload passengers near the base's north gate.
		The base's north gate, the main entrance, is closed by a number of activists lying and sitting in the road, many of them locked on to each other with plastic and metal tubes.
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1603433 (317 words)

	ITV News - Dozens arrested at nuclear base
		The men and women from Sweden and Finland were held at Faslane Naval Base in Argyll and Bute.
		Mr Smedjeback added that his group felt compelled to travel to Faslane as the nuclear weapons at the base were the closest to Sweden and Finland.
		Jul 4, 2005: Antinuclear protests at naval base
	www.itv.com /news/britain_490da0e890e283c6617dd0819dfb8487.html (369 words)

	The Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Policing protests at Faslane naval base on the Clyde cost the taxpayer almost £1.75m in October.
		It means the total police bill for the year-long Faslane 365 protest, which began on October 1, could rise to more than £20m.
		Activists are aiming to blockade the base, home to the UK's nuclear-armed Trident submarines, every day until the end of September 2007.
	www.theherald.co.uk /news/75688.html (377 words)

	Northern Ireland News - MSP among arrests at Trident naval base protest
		Police at Faslane naval base on the Clyde, the home port of the navy's Trident nuclear submarines, made a total of 34 arrests this morning when around 300 people mounted a "peaceful direct action" protest.
		Joining the blockade of the submarine base were MSPs from the Scottish Nationalist Party and the Scottish Green Party, and the Scottish Socialist Party.
		Organisers of the 'Big Blockade' protest said that it was to highlight the "hypocrisy of the UK government over weapons of mass destruction" and that the aim was to cause as much disruption at the base as possible to keep the Trident issue on the agenda.
	www.4ni.co.uk /nationalnews.asp?id=32462 (454 words)

	Twelve arrested in Scotland after nuclear base break-in
		Twelve activists were arrested after breaching an outer fence at Faslane naval base in Scotland, home to Britain's Trident nuclear submarines, a spokeswoman at the base said Tuesday.
		The Faslane base, on the River Clyde, has long been a focus for anti-nuclear protests.
		They were being questioned at the base on suspicion of a breach of the peace and malicious mischief.
	www.spacewar.com /2005/050607105716.7r3tu0y2.html (347 words)

	Protestors blockade British submarine base ahead of G8 summit
		Police arrested four people at Faslane naval base, where more than 700 mainly young protesters -- dancing, beating drums, or lying on the pavement -- blocked the gates in and out of the facility.
		Four Vanguard-class nuclear submarines which carry Trident missiles are based at Faslane, on the Clyde estuary.
		Literally hundreds have been arrested at previous Faslane protests for attaching themselves to the gates of the base in acts of "direct action" and civil disobedience.
	www.spacewar.com /2005/050704175601.69j0n2ix.html (620 words)

	www.myspace.com/faslanepeacecamp
		Faslane has done protests against faslane navy base, the nearby Coulport nuke storage, Truck convoys coming up from Aldermaston/Burghfield (nr.
		We welcome visitors, feel free to visit at anytime, or come to the Annual birthday party week of action - To be announced Directions - F.P.C. is on the east verge of the A814 road, which leads to HMNB Clyde and beyond.
		The Camp is therefore visible to all traffic coming towards the base from the direction of Helensburgh.
	www.myspace.com /faslanepeacecamp (830 words)

	Indymedia Scotland: Naval base invaded! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The ongoing campaign at Faslane Naval base has taken an early lead at the beginning of preparations for the arrival of the G8 next month.
		Support people on the outside of the base have been arrested (or possibly just detained) but they will probably have their charges dropped.
		Also, remember that Faslane is a major Navy port anyway, and it is possible that war preperations have been distupted as there was many ships, including US ones, at the base for a big exercise recently.
	scotland.indymedia.org /newswire/display/1679/index.php (492 words)

	70 arrests as peace activists block British WMD site - Indymedia Ireland
		From 6.30 this morning there were long tailbacks of worker traffic as the protesters besieged the gates of the base, sitting down in the roadway and locking on to each other.
		The base was disrupted for almost nine hours as gates cleared by police were blocked again by activists.
		Gillian Sloan, who swam into the base with Dave, attended court to give her support, and said, “By the time Dave and I swam into Faslane, this government had threatened Iraq with Trident three times.
	www.indymedia.ie /article/66313 (666 words)

	UK's Trident Nuclear Subs Reached,"Impossible" Security Breach Accomplished By Anti-Nuclear Activist - 28/4/01
		This morning Trident Three activist Ulla Roder spray-painted Britain's nuclear weapon submarine HMS Vanguard in its special high-security berth at Faslane naval base on the Clyde in Scotland.
		Although activists have on a number of occasions swum close to the Trident submarines this is the first time that one has been reached in Faslane, a feat the MOD police claimed was impossible.
		Amazingly, Roder was not noticed until she had reached the high-security berthing area within the base, swum under the floating boom which protects the immediate berth area, and reached the side of HMS Vanguard.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /news/articles/ulla.htm (1784 words)

	[No title]
		The risks from a naval reactor are significantly higher than the risks predicted for civilian reactors.
		The base is the largest employer in the county, providing 3,800 jobs -- many of them to high-paid chemists and engineers -- and driving about 20 percent of the county's economy.
		In neighboring St. Mary's County, where the Patuxent River Naval Air Station accounts for more than 20,000 jobs and 80 percent of the economy, officials worry that a piece of their operation, such as a test pilot school, could be plucked off and moved to another area.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/2005nn/0503nn/050306nn.txt (11196 words)

	Madness at Faslane again - We need Trident nuclear weapons, Scotland submarine naval base
		I refer of course to CND and the Greens that are currently camped out at the Faslane naval base in Scotland.
		That today former naval officers say that that would still be extremely difficult as the required software, the fuse, the trigger, the guidance system and the missiles are made in America.
		Many moons ago I was based at Faslane, we used to get a carry-out coming back from helensburgh and get pissed with the 'happy campers'.Sat around the fire drinking cans of Tartan and bottles of cheap wine with the Ladies led to some memorable hangovers.
	www.weeklygripe.co.uk /a71.asp (2142 words)

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