TAKE NOTE:


WHEREAS the deployment of Trident nuclear weapons is a threat to world peace,
the global environment and the international legal order;

the servicing and preparation for use of these weapons are contrary to cardinal
principles of international humanitarian law, and a crime under s.51 of the
International Criminal Court Act 2001;

the carriage of Trident nuclear warheads on public roads exposes all the
ingredients required for a radiological weapon to the threat of terrorist
attack;

this vehicle compound, on the North edge of Albemarle barracks, is used solely
for the transport of Trident nuclear weapons between AWE Burghfield and RNAD
Coulport;


MINDFUL THAT the British government has proved unwilling to fulfil its
obligations under article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty;

the UK's Trident programme is excluded from the transparency, accountability
and parliamentary scrutiny that are required in a democratic society;

the current time is one of increased tension worldwide, ongoing erosion of the
international disarmament regime and heightened terrorist alert within the UK;

the continued deployment of Trident, recent threats of its use by the UK
Secretary of State for Defence and preparations for further development of the
British nuclear weapons capability, all threaten increased nuclear
proliferation and a more divided world;


THEREFORE acting safely and peaceably to disrupt the deployment of weapons of
mass destruction and to prevent crimes against humanity, we have today


CLOSED this vehicle compound, and secured it so that it cannot be used to
service Trident;

and we warn that any attempt to open this site may itself be a crime under
international and domestic law.


Tyneside Citizens' Inspection Agency