Flowers in Glastonbury, no nukes in Bridgwater, adverts on a roundabout in Frome, concerns over Acorn, James Heappey steps down and planners who can't count. A regular week in Somerset....
"One member of the group is Lyn Barlow, a Williton resident who was a member of the Greenham Common women's camp. That protest was ultimately successful with American nuclear weapons leaving both the Molesworth and Greenham Common air bases in the 1980s and 1990s."
A quick search on Wikipedia throws up another possible reason for the closure of the base at RAF Greenham Common
Following the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the General Secretary of the CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev in June 1988, the last GLCMs at RAF Greenham Common were removed in March 1991, and the 501st Tactical Missile Wing was inactivated in May 1991. On 11 September 1992, the USAF returned RAF Greenham Common to the Ministry of Defence."
So I'm not sure if the so-called 'Greenham Peace Camp' had any influence on nuclear disarmament talks, but rather the Soviet Union was essentially bankrupt and was looking to save a few rubles!
Hence, as history has shown during the Cold War we should acknowledge the value of having nuclear weapons as a deterrent.
Had to chuckle at the statement;
"One member of the group is Lyn Barlow, a Williton resident who was a member of the Greenham Common women's camp. That protest was ultimately successful with American nuclear weapons leaving both the Molesworth and Greenham Common air bases in the 1980s and 1990s."
A quick search on Wikipedia throws up another possible reason for the closure of the base at RAF Greenham Common
Following the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the General Secretary of the CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev in June 1988, the last GLCMs at RAF Greenham Common were removed in March 1991, and the 501st Tactical Missile Wing was inactivated in May 1991. On 11 September 1992, the USAF returned RAF Greenham Common to the Ministry of Defence."
So I'm not sure if the so-called 'Greenham Peace Camp' had any influence on nuclear disarmament talks, but rather the Soviet Union was essentially bankrupt and was looking to save a few rubles!
Hence, as history has shown during the Cold War we should acknowledge the value of having nuclear weapons as a deterrent.