[국문 번역][Vandenberg Update]Text Fwd: U.S. ICBM Hits Target Near Guam[밴던버그 엎데이트] 미 공군 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 괌 남서 쪽을 명중하다.

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September 18, 2010 2010년 9월 18일
Air Force test ICBM hits target SW of Guam
미 공군 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 괌 남서 쪽을 명중 하다.
by Michele Catahay 마이클 카타하이

Guam: An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off on Friday in a
weapons test by the U.S. Air Force. According to media reports, the Minuteman 3
missile launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base and sent the test
vehicle into suborbital space going across the Pacific Ocean.

괌: 금요일, 무장되지 않은 대륙간 탄도 미사일이 미 공군에 의한 무기 실험에서 쏘아 떨어뜨려졌다. 언론 보도들에 의하면 캘리포니아 밴던버그 공군 기지에서 발사된 미뉴트맨 III 미사일은 태평양을 가로질러 우주 궤도 아래로 실험 우주선을 쏘아 보냈다.

The test vehicle reportedly hit a pre-determined target about 200 miles
southwest of Guam. A team of analysts is studying the launch as part of an
ongoing evaluation of the readiness of the U.S. military's arsenal.

그 실험 우주선은 괌 남서쪽 200 마일가량에 있는 미리 정해진 목표물을 맞췄다고 보도됐다. 분석 팀은 그 발사를 미국 군대 무기의 계속되는 예비 평가의 일부로 연구하고 있다.

It includes experts from the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.

팀은 미 국방부와 에너지 부서의 전문가들을 포함한다.
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* Related Vandenberg AFB/ Space Command article

http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123222411
Vandenberg conducts Minuteman III flight test
by Staff
30th Space Wing Public Affairs
Posted 9/17/2010 Updated 9/17/2010

*Images & captions from the link

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A scheduled unarmed operational test Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch occurred here at 3:03 a.m., Sept. 17 from Launch Facility-09. The missile's single reentry test vehicle traveled approximately 5,300 miles to a pre-determined target about 200 miles southwest of Guam. ICBM analysts, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy, will use the data collected to ensure the readiness and capability of the ICBM fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee) Download HiRes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Launch team members from the 576th Flight Test Squadron conduct pre-flight operations for a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch here Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The launch tested the missiles operational effectiveness, readiness and accuracy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee) Download HiRes

9/17/2010 - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A scheduled unarmed operational test Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch occurred here at 3:03 a.m., Sept. 17 from Launch Facility-09.

The missile's single reentry test vehicle traveled approximately 5,300 miles to a pre-determined target about 200 miles southwest of Guam. ICBM analysts, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy, will use the data collected to ensure the readiness and capability of the ICBM fleet.

"The launch process requires tremendous teamwork and involves months of preparation," said Col. David Bliesner, 576th Flight Test Squadron commander. "The data gained from these launches allows us to maintain a high readiness capability and ensures operational effectiveness of the most powerful weapons in the nation's arsenal."

The launch was a combined effort of the 576th FLTS here; 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.; 625th Strategic Operations Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb.; and the 30th Space Wing here.

Click here for launch video

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* Reference article: Space News on June 15, 2010

NASA's Guam Remote Ground Terminal.
Tue, 15 June, 2010
General Dynamics Wins NASA Network Contract
Credit: NASA photo

WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded General Dynamics C4 Systems of Scottsdale, Ariz., a cost-plus-award fee contract potentially worth $642.2 million over seven years for the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment project, according to a June 15 agency news release.

Included in the contract, which is slated to begin this month and continue through mid-2017, is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity portion covering special studies and sustaining engineering NASA might ask General Dynamics to perform. NASA spokesman Michael Curie said the maximum value of that portion of the contract is $27 million.

Part of NASA’s Space Network, the ground segment works with the agency’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) to provide global space-to-ground telecommunications and tracking coverage for near-Earth robotic and human spaceflight missions. The network’s ground segment comprises facilities and systems at the White Sands Complex in Las Cruces, N.M., the Guam Remote Ground Terminal in Guam, and the Space Network Expansion East in Blossom Point, Md.

Under the terms of the contract, General Dynamics will modernize the ground segment, including replacing obsolete systems and creating a more flexible and expandable architecture, the news release states. The work also will improve communications between the Space Network’s user-control centers and ground segment facilities for data and service planning and control.

General Dynamics was part of the team led by Chicago-based Boeing selected in 2007 to build a new generation of TDRSS satellites, with responsibility for upgrading the TDRSS ground segment at White Sands.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010 2010년 9월 4일
[국 문 번역Text Fwd: famoksaiyanfriends]
Protest against the Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM, Vandenberg
밴던버그 미 우주 사령부 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험]에 반대하는 시위
(With update 엎데이트 포함)

Space Warfare: Preparing the "Battlespace" for A New Imperial Adventure Secretive Mini-Shuttles and Spy Satellites
(by Tom Burghardt, Global Research Center, Aug. 23, 2010)
[국문 번역] 우주 전쟁: 새로운 제국 주의적 모험을 위한 전투 공간
비밀스러운 소형 왕복 우주선들과 스파이 위성들
(탐 버거트, 글로벌 리서치 센터, 2010년 8월 23일)

[국문 번역] Text Fwd:[PRESS RELEASE] Nuclear Missile Testing Continues in California [보도 자료]캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다

*Image source: Bruce Gagnon blog 브루스 개그논 블로그 on Sept. 14, 2001 2001년 9월 14일

*Image source 이미지 소스: Mike, Vandenberg Witness 마이크, 밴던버그 증인
http://vandenbergwitness.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=318

'Minuteman III Protest: Midnight June 28/29, 2009 protest against the launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)–the most destructive first strike missile in the U.S. arsenal. The "successful" target was the Ronald Reagan Missile Test Range, Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific.

'미뉴트맨 III 시위: 2009년 6월 28일/ 29일 자정, 미뉴트맨 III대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 실험에 항의하는 시위-미국 무기고에서 가장 파괴적인 첫번째 공격 미사일. 그 "성공적인" 목표물은 남태평양 마샬 군도 콰잘렌 환초 로널드 레이건 미사일 실험 구역이였다.

*Image source 이미지 소스: NAPF's albums (Vandenberg AFB protest)
(*Informed at 자료 제공: Photos from the June 5 Nuclear Weapons Abolition Day event in MacGregor Eddy's Peace Protests at Vandenberg Space Command/ Air Force Base blog)
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*Text sent from MacGregor Eddy on Sept. 13, with the title of
맥그리거 에디로부터 9월 13일 , 아래의 제목과 함께 옴
'ICBM launch set for Sept 15 from Vandenberg to Kwajalein'
9월 15일로 정해진, 밴던버그로부터 콰잘렌으로 가는 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 발사
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Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
핵시대 평화 재단
http://www.wagingpeace.org/

September 13, 2010
2010년 9월 13일

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 즉각적인 보도 요망:

For more information, contact Rick Wayman, rwayman@napf.org . (805) 965-3443
좀 더 많은 정보를 위해서는 릭 웨이만 rwayman@napf.org 에게 연락 (805) 965-3443

Nuclear Missile Testing Continues in California
캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다

Santa Barbara, CA – The US military has announced a test of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base on September 15. The Minuteman missile will carry a “dummy” nuclear warhead from Vandenberg to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The test is scheduled less than three weeks after the official UN International Day against Nuclear Tests (August 29).

캘리포니아 산타 바바라-미국 군대는 9월 15일, 미뉴트맨 III 대륙간탄도 미사일 실험을 할 것을 발표하였다. 미뉴트맨 미사일은 밴던버그로부터 마샬 군도의 콰잘렌 환초에 “모조” 핵 탄두를 나를 것이다. 그 실험은 핵 실험들에 반대하는 유엔 국제일이 공식적으로 있은 지 3 주도 안되어 계획된 것이다 (8월 29일)

David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, said, “The US moratorium on nuclear testing remains incomplete as long as we continue testing missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads. Minuteman III missiles are used solely to deliver nuclear warheads.”

데이비드 크리거, 핵 시대 평화 재단의 의장은 “미국의 핵 실험 중지는 핵 탄두들을 나르기 위해 고안된 미사일들을 실험하는 것을 계속하는 한 미완성인 채로 남아 있다. 미뉴트맨 III 미사일들은 단지 핵 탄두들을 싵기 위해 사용된다.” 라고 말했다.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation seeks the abolition of all nuclear weapons worldwide. The Foundation calls on the United States and all countries around the world to recognize their full obligation to halt all nuclear testing – not only of the warheads, but also of nuclear- capable missiles. The Preamble to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) calls upon the 189 countries that signed the NPT to facilitate “the elimination from national arsenals of nuclear weapons and the means of their delivery.”

핵 평화 재단은 전 세계 모든 핵무기들을 폐지하려 한다. 이 재단은 미국과 전 세계의 국가들이 모든 핵 실험들을 중단할 완전한 의무를 깨닫기를 요청한다. 비핵확산 조약 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 서문은 비핵확산 조약에 서명한 189개국들에게 “국가 무기고들로부터 핵무기들및 또한 그것들을 수송하는 수단을 제거하는 것을 촉진할 것을 촉구한다.”
Dr. Krieger added, “The US is demonstrating a stark double standard by condemning missile tests of other nations while continuing to conduct them on a regular basis itself. Continued testing of Minuteman III missiles by the United States sends a provocative message and encourages other countries to pursue their own nuclear weapon and missile delivery programs.”

크리거 박사는 “미국은 다른 나라들의 미사일 실험들을 경멸하면서 주기적으로 그것들을 행하는 적나라한 이중 기준을 보이고 있다. 미국의 계속되는 미뉴트맨 III 미사일 실험들은 다른 나라들이 자신들만의 핵무기들및 미사일 수송 프로그램들을 추구하도록 도발적인 메시지를 보내고 조장한다. “라고 덧붙였다.

There will be a peaceful protest of the US missile launch outside the front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base at 11:55 pm on September 14.

9월 14일 밴던버그 공군 기지 정문 바깥에서 미국 미사일 발사 실험에 항의하는 평화적인 시위가 있을 것이다.
For more information or interviews, contact Rick Wayman at (805) 965-3443 or (805) 696-5159.

더 많은 정보 또는 인터뷰는 릭 웨이만에게 연락: (805) 965-3443 또는 (805) 696-5159.
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The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders. Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international education and advocacy organization. It has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the UN as a Peace Messenger Organization.

핵 시대 평화 재단은 핵 무기들을 제거하고 국제법과 기관들을 강화하고 평화 지도자들의 새로운 세대들을 고무하고 자격을 행사할 수 있도록 전 세계적인 노력을 시작하고 지지한다. 1982년에 창설돤 이 재단은 핵세대의 평화의 엄숙한 명령을 깨닫는 전 세계의 개인들및 조직들로 구성되었다. 핵 시대 평화 재단은 비영리적이고 초당파적인 국제 교욱 후원 조직 기관이다. 이 재단은 유엔 경제 사회 위원회의 협의 지위를 갖고 있으며 유엔에 의해 평화 메신저 조직으로 인정된다.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
[국문 번역Text Fwd: famoksaiyanfriends] Protest against the Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM, Vandenberg 밴던버그 미 우주 사령부 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험]에 반대하는 시위

[국문 번역Text Fwd: famoksaiyanfriends] Protest against the Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM, Vandenberg 밴던버그 미 우주 사령부 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험]에 반대하는 시위

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Update10 엎데이트10
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 2010년 10월 1일
[Vandenberg Update] November 18 trial of Fr. Louie Vitale and Sr. Megan Rice in Santa Barbara
[밴던버그 엎데이트] 산타 바바라에서 루이 비탈 신부님과 메간 라이스 수녀님, 11월 18일 재판
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Update9 엎데이트9
Sunday, September 26, 2010 2010년 9월 26일
Vandenberg launches Minotaur IV
밴던버그 미노타우르 IV 발사 [성공시킴]
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Update8 엎데이트8: September 26, 2010 2010년 9월 26일
Minotaur IV Rocket goes up Sept 25, with Space Surveillance satellite
미노타르 IV 로켓, 우주 감시 위성을 싣고 9 월 25일 발사
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Update7 엎데이트 7: September 21, 2010 2010년 9월 21일
Team Vandenberg launches Atlas V [on Sept. 20]
밴던버그 팀 아틀라스 V 로켓 발사 [9월 20 일]
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Update6 엎데이트6: Sept. 19, 2010 2010년 9월 19일
U.S. ICBM Hits Target Near Guam [on Sept. 17](click)
[국문 번역]미 공군 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 괌 남서 쪽을 명중하다 [9월 17일](클릭)
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Update5 엎데이트5: Sept. 17, 2010 2010 년 9월 17일
Saturday, September 18, 2010
[Vandenberg Update] Sept 20 Vandenberg will launch at Atlas rocket(click)
밴던버그, 9월 20일, 미 국가 정찰국 위성을 위해 아틀라스 로켓 발사(클릭)
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Update4 엎데이트4: Sept. 15, 2010 2010년 9월 15일
[Vandenberg Update]: Sept 15 ICBM launch postponed to Sept 17(Click)
[국문 번역]밴던버그 엎데이트: 9월 15일 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 발사, 9월 17일로 연기(클릭)
& Jorge Manly-Gil, charges dropped! Frist amendment rights still at risk(click).
[국문 번역]& 조지 맨리-길 고소 취하됨, 첫번째 [미국 헌법] 수정 조항 상 권리 아직도 위험함(클릭)
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Update3 엎데이트3: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[국문 번역] Text Fwd:[Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: PRESS RELEASE] Nuclear Missile Testing Continues in California(Click)
[핵 새대 평화 재단 보도 자료]캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다(클릭)
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Update2 엎데이트2: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[국문 번역] Letters to the U.S. Embassies in Japan and Korea, in opposition against the ICBM launch(Click)
대륙간 탄도 미사일 반대, 일본과 한국 미 대사관에 보내는 편지들(클릭)
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Update1 엎데이트1: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[영/국문] Solidarity Petitioners from the Asia Pacific for the Vandenberg Protest on Sept. 15, 2010(Click)
9월 15일 밴던버그 시위자들을 위한 아시아 태평양의 지지 연대 서명자들(클릭)
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Statement 성명서 [Koohan Paik]statement in support of the ICBM-launch protest (Sept. 7, 2010)
[국문 번역] [백구한] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 실험 반대를 지지하는 성명서(2010년 9월 7일)
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Solidarity sign by Sept. 13, 2010!



* Image slide by MacGregor Eddy, Stop Sept 15 ICBM launch
* 9월 15일 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사를 중단하기 위한 맥그리거 에디의 이미지 슬라이드

슬라이드 자막 번역

1. [시위 사진]자정 시위
배너: 핵무기들을 제거하기 위한 핵 폐지 2000, 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크_ 핵 반대! 전쟁 반대!

2. [발사 사진] 9월 14일 [밤] 미뉴트맨III 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험] 에 반대하는 시위를 하라!

3. [도해]태평양을 넘어 마샬 군도로!

4. [발사 사진] 시위는 [2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 밴던버그 공군 기지 정문 앞에 있다.

5. [사진]밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지 정문 [모습]

6. [글씨]열핵(원자 핵융합) 탄두 운반 시스템 실험 및 개발은 비핵확산 조약 6조 위반이다.

7. [밴던버그 우주 사령부 로고]: 밴던버그 우주 사령부는 캘리포니아 주 산타 바바라 읍 고속도로 1 에서 롬폭으로부터 6마일 떨어진 곳에 있다.

8. [밴던버그 우주 사령부 지도]: 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM) 은 핵무기 운송 시스템이다.

9. [사진] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 모습

10. [핵탄두 사진] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM) 은 핵탄두를 나른다

11. [도해] 미뉴트맨 III 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM)_ 높은 속도

12. [도해] 발사 단계

13 [단계별 도해] 실험 발사들은 태평양으로 간다.

14. [콰잘렌 환초 위치 지도]그리고 콰잘렌 환초 마샬 군도에 도달

15. [시위 사진] 구호: '미사일 발사 반대,'' 전쟁은 어린이들이나 다른 살아 있는 것들을 위해 건강하지 않다.'

16. [시위 사진] [시작된 지] 25년 이후 아직도 비도적인 미사일 실험, 평화를 원한다면 전쟁을 위해 지불하지 마세요.

17. [체포 사진] 루이 비탈 신부님과 메간 라이스 수녀는 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험에 항의하다 8월 22일 체포되었다.

18. [발사 모습 사진]밴던버그는 미국에서 대륙간 탄도 미사일을 실험하는 유일한 장소이다.

19. [로고]국제 평화와자유를 위한 여성 연맹

20. [2009년 우주 평화 주 포스터] 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크

21. [인물 사진] 서부 주 법 재단

22.[사진 및 로고] 전쟁 저항자 연맹 및 트라이 계곡 보호 그룹

23. [버스 안내] 전세 버스는 샌프란시스코 베이 지역 출발, 오클랜드, 팔로 알토, 살리나스, 산타 크루즈에 정차 (편한 녹색 버스)

24. 단 하룻밤 (이틀아닌!) 버스는 9월 14일 밤에 떠나 9월 15일 오전 8시에 돌아감. 밴던버그 공군 기지에는 자정에 도착

25. [맥그리거 에디 사진] 이 슬라이드 쇼는 맥그리거 에디에 의한 것으로 실수가 있다면 [맥그리거 에디]의 것입니다.
macgregoreddy@gmail.com
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* Text fwd from Martha Duenas on Sept. 3, 2010 마사 두에나스, 2010년 9월 3일 알림

from Peace Protests at Vandenberg Space Command/Air Force Base blog (click):
밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지 앞 평화 시위 블로그(클릭)

Midnight Protest of ICBM Launch at 11:55 pm Sept 14
aka midnight Sept 15, [2010].

대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사에 반대하는 자정 시위가
[2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 (15일 밤 자정) 있읍니다.

Vandenberg will launch a Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM in the early hours of Sept 15 from Vandenberg to Kwajalein. [This launch is to the Marshall Islands]

밴던버그 [미공군 기지]는 9월 15일 이른 시각에 미뉴트맨III 고속 고체 연료로 된 탄도 미사일을 밴던버그로부터 콰잘렌 환초로 발사 [실험]하려 합니다. [이 발사는 마샬 군도로 갑니다]

Protest at the front gate 11:55 pm Sept 14 (aka midnight Sept. 15th)

[2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 (15일 밤 자정)에 [밴던버그 공군 기지 앞에서] 시위를 합니다.

Call 831 206 5043. This is a scheduled protest, check this blog for possible cancellation if the launch is cancelled.

831 206 5043 으로 전화하세요. 이는 예정된 시위입니다. 발사가 취소될 수 있으니 이 블로그를 체크하시길.

Testing and developing thermonuclear warhead delivery systems is

a violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, Article VI

열핵(원자 핵융합) 탄두 운반 시스템 실험 및 개발은
비핵확산 조약 6조 위반이다.

The UPFJ/ Disarmament working group, Nevada Desert Experience, WILPF and the War Resisters League are sponsoring the protest

평화와 정의를 위한 연합 작업 그룹, 네바다 사막 경험, 서부 주 법 재단, 국제 평화와자유를 위한 여성 연맹그리고 전쟁 저항자 연맹이 시위 후원.

Check www.macgregoreddy.com blog to comment and sign up for the Green Tortoise bus.

코멘트나 대절 버스 서명은 www.macgregoreddy.com 블로그를 체크하시길.

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* Image Source 이미지 소스: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009 2009년 7월 14일 밴던버그 증인의 마이크,
'Kwajalein Atoll - Marshall Islands. The Marshallese people were removed
from Kwajalein because of U.S. missile testing.'
'콰잘렌 환초-마샬 군도. 마샬 군도 인들은 미국 미사일 실험으로 콰잘렌 환초로부터 제거됨."

See also 또한:

Marianas Variety마리아나스 버라이어티
The Urgent Islands 절박한 섬들
Editiorial 편집자 논단
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 2010년 8월 31일
(* Forwarded by Martha Duenas on Sept. 4, 2010 2010년 9월 4일 마사 두에나스보냄)
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* Related blogs 관련 블로그들

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 2010년 2월 3일
[SAVE 8 Vandenberg Arrested] Text Fwd: PEACEFUL PROTESTERS ROUGHED UP, ARRESTED BY OBAMA'S PENTAGON [밴던버그] 평화적인 시위자들, 오바마의 미 국방부에 의해 거칠게 다루어지고 체포되다.

Friday, November 6, 2009 2009년 11월 6일
Text Fwd: USA to launch ICBM on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands 미국 대륙간 탄도 미사일을 밴던버그 공군 기지에서 마샬 군도로 2009년 11월 18일 발사할 것임

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 2009년 5월 6일
[Korean translated] Solidarity Statement & petition for MacGregor Eddy and Vandenberg protest, May 5, 2009 맥그리거 에디와 밴던버그 시위를 위한 연대 성명 및 청원
:마우스를 내려가면 국문 번역이 있읍니다. 참고하시길. 밴 던버그 기지의 미사일 실험 발사는 2009년 6월, 8월 23일에도 진행되었고 5월 5일에는 우주 전쟁 위성을 탑재한 델타 II 로켓을 발사한 바 있읍니다. ( 미국이 북한의 합법적 인공 위성을 비판한 직후) 그 때 재외 교포를 포함, 195명 한국인의 서명 운동이 진행되기도 했읍니다. 여기를 참고하시길.

On all the other blogs on the Vandenberg, click here (33)
밴던버그에 관한 모든 블로그는 여기를 클릭하시길 (33).

Text Fwd: [Vandenberg Witness] a Minuteman III (ICBM) from Vandenberg AFB on June 6, 2010

* Image source: Vandenberg Witness

Vandenberg Witness

On June 6, 2010, the United States plans to launch a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California central coast. The missile will likely carry one or more “unarmed” warheads to the Ronald Reagan Test Site in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

The launch, the first of two planned for the month of June, will come just nine days after the completion of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President, David Krieger, who attended the NPT Review Conference earlier this month, said, “U.S. testing so close to the end of the NPT Review Conference will make many countries doubt our sincerity in fulfilling our nuclear disarmament obligations under the NPT. President Obama has said that he wants to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in US security policy, but tests such as this one suggest that we are continuing with business as usual.”

Krieger continued, “When any country tests long-range missiles and nuclear weapons, it is more than just a test. It is a message to the world and perhaps to specific countries; it says in effect, ‘This is what we can do to you.’ If the US wants to lead the way to a world free of nuclear weapons, it needs to stop sending such provocative messages. In the US we are very aware of such messages when other countries test. We seem to have a blind spot in our thinking about our
own tests.” For more info contact Rick Wayman at rwayman@napf.org or call (805) 965 3443

There will be a protest at the front gate of Vandenberg on Saturday, June 5 at 1:00 pm to oppose the upcoming ICBM tests. David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Andrew Lichterman of the Western States Legal Foundation will speak at the event. June 5 is
“Nuclear Abolition Day,” with events promoting the abolition of nuclear weapons taking place in cities around the world. For more information on Nuclear Abolition Day, including the protest event in Los Angeles, please visit Nuclear Abolition Day Web Site

Text Fwd: Protesting priest guilty, free, defiant

* Image source/caption: same as the link below

'The Rev. Carl Kabat, left, sits with his friend Bill Sulzman, right, of Colorado Springs during the prosecution's closing remarks Tuesday in Kabat's trial for criminal mischief and trespassing at the Weld County Courthouse in Greeley. Kabat was found guilty in his case and was sentenced to time served. STEPHANIE BURCHETT/gtphoto@greeleytribune.com'

* Text fwd: from Bill Sulzman(bsulzman (at)juno.com) and Frank Cordaro (frank.cordaro(at)gmail.com) on Dec. 23, 2009

'Below is a link to the story in the Greeley Tribune about Carl Kabat's trial.
The text of the article is pasted below. Bill'
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Greely Tribune
December 23, 2009
Protesting priest guilty, free, defiant
Sharon Dunn

In the end, a jury had no choice but to convict.

The Rev. Carl Kabat, 76, was photographed at the N-8 missile silo in northeast Weld County. Two-foot bolt cutters were found on the ground. There was a hole in the fence surrounding the facility, and he was waiting inside for his eventual arrest.

Kabat had breached nuclear missile facilities like these for the past two decades, and had 17 convictions behind him in his quest to do his small part to rid the earth of nuclear weapons, which the Catholic Church has deemed a crime against humanity.

But the members of the jury had to look beyond the message. After one hour of deliberations, they convicted him of the two misdemeanor criminal mischief and trespassing charges.

“We understand what he was standing for,” said jury member Ben Salgado, 56, of Windsor, after the verdict. “We just wish he would have chosen a different forum.”

As the jury was dismissed, Kabat applauded them, some walking out with tears in their eyes. One said as she left the courthouse: “It was very emotional.”

The St. Louis priest was immediately sentenced to the time he'd already served behind bars — 137 days — though deputy district attorney David Skarka asked for the maximum of one year for each of the misdemeanors to be served back to back. The county already had shelled out roughly $7,950 to keep him in jail for almost five months, based on a cost of about $58 per day per inmate. Had he been sentenced to Skarka's request, the county would have paid $26,000 more to keep him for a remaining 456 days.

“It's unfortunate that they didn't have any significant stance,” Kabat said as he left the courthouse. “I understand because these people are ordinary people, and they don't realize the power they have ... or the insanity (of those weapons) in the ground.”

Weld County Court Judge Dana Nichols opted not to fine Kabat but did impose standard court costs totaling $254.50 and gave the prosecution time to file a notice of restitution to Warren Air Force Base for damages. Kabat promised more civil disobedience.

“I will not make restitution, or pay fines or make any payments. That will be supporting nuclear weapons,” Kabat vowed.

That capped a two-day trial that brought with it one big twist: After his attorneys presented to the jury a multitude of banners he had hung up at the silo facility, Kabat fired them — a move he'd planned months ago so he would have the freedom to say what he wanted to say in court.

But Kabat's testimony on his own behalf didn't go quite the way he planned, as evidenced by the prosecution's objections to him continually bringing up arguments about the destructive power of weapons of mass destruction.

“I wish you'd object to nuclear weapons,” Kabat said.

After several attempts by Nichols to get Kabat to focus on the evidence against him, Kabat decided it didn't matter what he said.

The jury members, however, immediately wrote down their questions.

One juror asked why he wouldn't rather just protest peacefully outside the perimeter of the fence.

“Why in the civil rights (era) did they march down the street when they said, ‘You can't march down the street?' Because it's wrong,” Kabat answered. “I guess I think it's up to us to try to get rid of these things.”

Skarka asked him simply, “Are you above the law?”

Kabat replied: “All wrong law, yes. God's law is above all these man-made things.”

During his closing arguments, Kabat quoted Albert Einstein and Ghandi, and he beseeched the jury to be the conscience of a nation.

“I don't know you, but you are my sisters and brothers,” Kabat said. “We're all God's children, and we have to look after one another. We have to be significant actors. How many times have you written to your senator, to your congressman? ... For some of us, (it's been) countless times.”

Salgado, of the jury, a postal worker by trade and a former military man, said the potential sentence did weigh on the jury's mind.

“That really weighed on all of our hearts,” he said. “It wasn't an aggressive (protest), and he wasn't in there to really damage things. It was just a political statement.”

He said the trial was an eye-opener, however. Some on the jury, he said, didn't even know there were silos in Colorado. But, he said, he wouldn't be surprised to see Kabat protesting again someday. Kabat had earlier said he'd be happy to die in prison for peace.

“I think he's the type of guy that stands for his faith and what he believes,” Salgado said. “I wouldn't be surprised at all, actually.”
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* Another article sent from Bill Sulzman on Dec. 25, 2009

Denver Post
Johnson: Priest guilty of fortitude
By Bill Johnson
Denver Post Columnist
Posted: 12/25/2009 01:00:00 AM MST

As the seven-person jury filed from the courtroom, having just returned two guilty verdicts against him, Father Carl Kabat rose from his chair and applauded them.

The St. Louis priest was convicted in Greeley on Tuesday of criminal mischief and trespassing, both misdemeanors, for cutting a hole in a fence that guards a Minuteman III nuclear missile silo in Weld County last August, draping antiwar banners around the silo, saying a prayer and trying unsuccessfully to pry open its lid.

It is what Carl Kabat does. He has spent the better part of the past three decades in prison for staging similar protests here and across the United States against the missiles, whose very existence he calls "simply insane."

Weld County Court Judge Dana Nichols sentenced the 76-year-old priest to the 137 days he spent in county jail following his arrest and gave prosecutors time to seek restitution to F.E. Warren Air Force Base for damages.

I don't have many heroes, but Carl Kabat is one of them. I deeply admire men of conviction, particularly those who buck the system and gnaw relentlessly at it in the pursuit of peace.

I was introduced to him years ago, not long after he was released from the federal penitentiary in Florence, having done 10 hard years for staging a similar missile silo protest.

He sat down with me for dinner, shrugged and acted as if he had just served an hour in third-grade detention.

"Do you know how many men I ministered to in Florence?" I remember him saying over and over as I marveled that any man would so freely give up his liberty in the pursuit of a cause so many people over the years have abandoned.

I caught up with him this week as he rushed to get home to St. Louis to spend Christmas with his younger sister, his only surviving sibling, and the rest of his family.

I asked him of his applauding the jurors, some of whom wept as they filed out.

"They were good people, intelligent, serious and thoughtful. They were good eggs," he said.

He had fired his court- appointed lawyers during the two-day trial, a preplanned move he had insisted on so he could address the jury personally.

"I don't know you," he told them during closing arguments, "but you are my sisters and brothers. We're all God's children, and we have to look after one another. We have to be significant actors."

"Significant actors" is one of Carl Kabat's favorite expressions. It means going outside of yourself, he always says, to take positive action against that which you know to be wrong.

He had wanted, he explained, for one or more on the panel to see the righteousness of his cause and hang the jury.

"What are you going to do?" he said. "I applauded them to thank them. They had given it thought."

We talked for a long time, about the law and morality, him recalling a time long ago that he stepped off a bus and saw a sign.

"It said 'black water' and 'white water.' I kick myself to this day that I didn't take a drink of black water, even one swallow. What could they have done to me?"

I asked him, as I always do, if he planned yet another protest anytime soon. And for the first time ever, Carl Kabat hedged.

"I'm 76 years old, older than my old man when he died, so I might be living on borrowed time," he said.

"I might have died in prison, I might die on the way to St. Louis. Either way is OK with me. I am just going to take my life and the message day by day."

Bill Johnson writes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Reach him at 303-954-2763 or wjohnson@denverpost.com.

Text fwd: Northrop Grumman to support BMD early-intercept program

* The country is Korea in the diagram above.

* All image source: Global Security

Informed by StopNATO on Nov. 21, 2009
UPI (United Press International)
NG to support BMD early-intercept program
Published: Nov. 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM

RESTON, Va. - Northrop Grumman has received a task order to support the U.S.
Defense Department early-intercept ballistic missile defense program.

U.S. company Northrop Grumman was awarded the contract to provide the Missile
Defense Agency with support for demonstration experiments designed to assess
potential sensor technologies for early interception of missile threats.

Officials say Northrop Grumman will be expected to design and develop an
experimental command and control architecture that will enable an evaluation of
sensors for countering medium and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats.

"For the company and our customer, this initiative leverages Northrop Grumman's
legacy Kinetic Energy Interceptors and command, control, battle management and
communications expertise and technology to advance a critical and promising
capability," Karen Williams, Northrop Grumman Information Systems vice president
for Air and Missile Defense Systems, said in a statement.

"For the taxpayer, early intercept ensures previous investments in Kinetic
Energy Interceptors will be applied judiciously to various aspects of the
missile defense system to improve the ability to defeat threats to our nation."
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[국문] NO! USA to launch ICBM on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands

* Image Source/caption: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009
'Minuteman III ICBM launched from Vandenberg AFB-A Minuteman III missile was test launched from Launch Facility 04. The missile traveled approximately 4200 miles in twenty minutes to the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands. The test is conducted to prove the reliability of land based nuclear missiles.'

안녕하세요.

많은 분들께 보냅니다.

미 캘리포니아 밴던버그 증인에서 오랫동안 활동가로 일했고 또한 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크의 저문 위원 일인 맥그리거 에디에게서 몇 시간 전에 온 속보입니다. 그는 5월 7일, 범민련 활동가들 구속시 뉴욕 영사관에 범민련의 영문 성명및 글로벌 넷워트의 항의 성명을 전달, 사무 총장 브루스 개그논과 함께 큰 역활을 한 사람이기도 합니다.

그에 따르면 밴던버그 우주 사령부는 발표하길, 대룩간 탄도 미사일 실험 미뉴트맨 III 가 바락 오바마 대통령이 11월 13일 일본에 도착한 날 발사하기로 예정되었었으나 취소되었다 오바마가 한국에 도착하는 11월 18일 미 태평얄 콰잘렌 군도를 향해 발사한다고 했답니다. (미국 시각 11월 17일 11:55pm 에정).
이 발사 실험은 11월 15일 취소된 것으로 한 때 알려졌으나 맥그리거 에디의 오늘 밤 속보는 그 것이 집행될 것을 밝힙니다.

맥그리거 에디는 각 나라의 미 대사관, 영사관, 외교부 업무를 맡는 곳에서 실험 발사 날짜에 항의 시의를 할 것을 촉구했으며 자신은 속보를 받자마자 로스엔젤레스로 가 시위를 조직하겠다 말했읍니다.

이 시위는 그가 몸담고 있는 밴던버그 증인
http://www.vandenbergwitness.org

외에

평화와 자유를 위한 국제 여성 연합 http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/legal/npt/nptindex1.html,
핵시대 평화 재단
http://www.wagingpeace.org/
전쟁 저항자 연맹
http://www.warresisters.org/
트라이 계곡 보호조직
http://www.trivalleycares.org/
네바다 사막 경험
http://www.nevadadesertexperience.org
서부 주 법 재단
http://www.wslfweb.org
그리고 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크(Launch Cancelled 란 글자는 지워져 엎데이트되어야 합니다.) http://www.space4peace.org

에 의해 지지됩니다.

그는 또한 마샬 군도 리포트에 의하면 콰잘렌 군도 로널드 레이건 실험 사이트는 이미 발사를 위해 완전 준비가 된 상태라 그 발사가 곧 진행될 지 모르겠다 우려하고 있읍니다.

맥그리거 에디는 “이것은 북한의 단거리 액체 연료 미사일들에 대한 비판 이 후 나온 것으로 위선적이다. 미뉴트맨 III는 찰나의 순간에 경고되어 발사되는 것으로 고체 연료로 초고속으로 컴퓨터/ 위성 유도 장치에 의해 진행되는 것이다. 이는 거대한 민간 지역에 무기를 나르기 위해 고안된 것이다. 그 실험 미사일은 모조 탄두를 달 것이나 이 것은 핵운반 실험 미사일이다. 이는 비핵확산 조약의 비무장 내용에 대한 신념을 위협한다.” 라고 합니다. 보다 자세한 영문 내용과 이미지는 여기를 참고하시길.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html

밴던버그 기지의 미사일 실험 발사는 6월, 8월 23일에도 진행되었고 5월 5일에는 우주 전쟁 위성을 탑재한 델타 II 로켓을 발사한 바 있읍니다. ( 미국이 북한의 합법적 인공 위성을 비판한 직후) 그 때 재외 교포를 포함, 195명 한국인의 서명 운동이 진행되기도 했읍니다. 여기를 참고하시길.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/05/solidarity-statement-petition-for.html

( 마우스를 내려가면 국문 번역이 있읍니다. 참고하시길)


연합 뉴스에 의하면 오바마가 남한에 오는 것 중 가장 큰 이유는 아프가니스탄 재파병 압력외에도 북한을 비핵무장하기 위한 것이라 합니다.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/text-fwd-obama-warns-n-korea-of.html

그러면서 그가 연설하는 18일 날 북한을 대상으로 하는 핵미사일 실험을 하다니요! 이미 오바마의 이중성은 알려졌읍니다. 그는 대통령 선거때 공화당 맥케인 후보보다 보다 더 월 스트리트, 제약, 그리고 군수 회사의 지원을 받은 사람입니다.


http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/09/text-fwd-us-braces-for-possible-nuke.html
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Text Fwd: 'US Braces for Possible Nuke War With NK'

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/text-fwd-print-conversation-print-open.html
Friday, November 13, 2009
Text Fwd: Obama to Retain "Nuclear Overkill" Capacity.

10월 22일 한미 안보 연례 협의회 이후 서해 충돌을 해전이라 부르고 최근 제주도에 김 태영 국방 장관이 내려가 해군 기지와 관련, 제주도 의회의 파행을 가져오게 한 요인을 볼때 이 모든 것이 오바마 방문과 무관하지 않음을 알게 됩니다.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeju%20Island

많은 분들께 부탁합니다.

1. 각 조직의 18일 아프간 재파병 반대 성명서, 기사에 이 소식과 함께 항의 내용, 현지 시위자들에 대한 지지 및 기사를 실어 주십시오.

2. 18일 아프간 재파병 반대 집회 때 캘리포니아 밴던버그 기지 핵 미사일 실험 발사 항의 피켓팅을 함께 만들어 와 주십시오.

3. 각 언론의 긴급 홍보를 부탁드립니다.

4. 위와 관련, 18일 만들어지는 각 조직의 성명서, 기사, 사진등을 저에게 보내 주십시오. 맥그리거 에디, 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크, 미군 기지 폐쇄를 위한 전 세계 넷트 워크에 알리도록 하겠읍니다. 이미 한국의 11월 14일 재파병 반대 집회 소식을 알린 바 있읍니다.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/koreans-protest-no-re-dispatch-to.html

5. 이름/ 조직 (있다면) 만 또는 짧은 항의 메시지 (그리고 현지 시위자들에 대한 지지 매시지를 함께 저에게 주시면 모아서 맥그리거에게 보내겟읍니ㄷㅏ.

6 . 더 자세한 문의는

최성희
010-4767-1053
armha5156@gmail.com
우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크 자문 위원 일인

감사합니다.

Text Fwd: Obama to Retain "Nuclear Overkill" Capacity

Text Fwd from Frank Cordaro(frank.cordaro@gmail.com) on Nov. 14, 2009

Antiwar.com
Oct 14, 2009
Obama to Retain ‘Safe, Secure, Effective’ Nuclear Overkill Capacity
By John LaForge of Nukewatch

The U.S. and Russia, which together possess 95 percent of the world’s
nuclear weapons, announced this summer an agreement to someday reduce
their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third.

The proposed treaty could cut each state’s long-range thermonuclear
weapons – known in military jargon as "strategic" weapons – to between
1,500 and 1,675. Mainstream news reports said this was down from the
limit of 2,200 slated to take effect in 2012."

In fact, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists the US had
9,938 warheads in 2007 and is obligated under the 2002 Moscow
Agreement to reduce this to 5,470 by the end of 2012.

Maintaining a total of 1,500 warheads, at 335 kilotons each (today’s
Minuteman III missile warheads), is equivalent to 502.5 million tons
of TNT, or 502 "megatons" of nuclear firepower.

How much overkill power is this? There are currently 188 cities on
Earth with over 2 million people. With 1,500 warheads, the Pentagon
could still explode seven H-bombs on each one, setting massive fires
whose smoke would block sunlight and could plunge the world into
nuclear winter – according to new research from the Univ. of Colorado.

Presidents Barack Obama and Demitri Medvedev say they want to put the
world on a path toward eliminating the bomb altogether. During their
news conference Obama said, "This is an urgent issue, and one in which
the US and Russia have to take leadership … showing ourselves willing
to deal with our own nuclear stockpiles in a more rational way."

But Obama broadcast his less rational embrace of nuclear war policy
April 5 in Prague when he said, "As long as these weapons exist, the
US will maintain a safe, secure and effective arsenal to deter any
adversary, and guarantee that defense to our allies."

Since any use of these devices backfires uncontrollably against the
user – spreading radiation, firestorms, cancer and reproductive
disorders for generations – nuclear weapons can’t guarantee "defense"
but only self-destruction. And even the cold-blooded dirty war
mastermind Henry Kissinger admitted last January, "deterrence is
decreasingly effective and increasingly hazardous."

Speaking July 29 to the Strategic Command (which controls the US
arsenal), the director of the US Arms Control Association Daryl
Kimball outlined the Pentagon’s current nuclear warfare policy, and
complained that it hasn’t changed since the Cold War ended 18 years
ago. Kimball reported, "Even after two post-Cold War Nuclear Posture
Reviews, the US still has a nuclear force posture that calls for … the
same basic roles and retains all of the essential characteristics it
had during the Cold War." Current doctrine, Kimball noted, calls for:

"A nuclear arsenal and readiness posture capable of delivering a
devastating counterforce attack against Russia, China, and other
potential regional nuclear-armed foes.
"The possible use of nuclear weapons to defend US forces and allies
against massive conventional military attacks; and
"The possible use of nuclear weapons to counter suspected chemical or
biological weapons threats."

This suicide mission, once known as nuclear madness – blast, shock and
radioactive fallout would attack our own forces, allies and population
– was described as long ago as 1985 in the Washington Quarterly which
warned, "The climatic consequence of such a conflict would appear to
afford no sanctuary…. A superpower could not isolate itself from the
effects of its own weapons."

What the President Could Do Now

The use of nuclear weapons is legally prohibited because their effects
are indiscriminate and uncontrollable, because radiation is a poison
explicitly forbidden under all circumstances by the Hague Regulations
and because their radiation-induced mutagenic and multigenerational
effects long outlast the end of hostilities in violation of the Geneva
Conventions.

Even Cold War architect and former Reagan administration National
Security Advisor Paul Nitze writing in The New York Times has said, "I
see no compelling reason why we should not unilaterally get rid of our
nuclear weapons. To maintain them … adds nothing to our security. I
can think of no circumstances under which it would be wise for the
United States to use nuclear weapons, even in retaliation for their
prior use against us…."

If the President Obama were genuinely interested in pursuing general
nuclear disarmament, he could immediately undertake six independent
actions that would illustrate his good faith:

1. Take all nuclear weapons off hair-trigger "alert" status, ending
the threatening, accident-prone policy of "launch-on-warning";
2. Declare a nuclear "no first use" policy similar to that of China;
3. Announce a blanket refusal to attack non-nuclear states with nuclear weapons;
4. Withdraw all 200-400 US nuclear weapons from Europe;
5. Separate nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles, increasing the
time needed to prepare any use of the weapons;
6. Halt the production of fissile materials nationwide.

Text Fwd: USA to launch ICBM on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands

The launch was re-informed on Nov. 17 to be set-fire on Nov. 18, 2009.
Please protest against it.


* Image Source/caption: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009
'Minuteman III ICBM launched from Vandenberg AFB-A Minuteman III missile was test launched from Launch Facility 04. The missile traveled approximately 4200 miles in twenty minutes to the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands. The test is conducted to prove the reliability of land based nuclear missiles.'

* Image Source/caption: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009
‘The LGM 30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in a Silo.’

* Image Source/caption: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009
‘Minuteman III MIRV Path To Target’


* Image Source: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009
'Kwajalein Atoll - Marshall Islands. The Marshallese people were removed
from Kwajalein because of U.S. missile testing.'

* Sent from MacGregor Eddy (macgregoreddy@gmail.com) on Nov. 5, 2009

USA to launch ICBM Minutman III on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base
to the Marshall Islands

This seems hypocritical after the criticism of North Korea's short range liquid fuel missiles.
Minuteman III is a hair trigger alert high speed, solid fuel, computer/satellite guided desiged
to carry weapons for large civilian areas. The test missile will carry dummy warheads,
but it is a missile test for nuclear delivery systems. This violates the good faith
disarmament component of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.

http://www.vandenberg.af.mil here is the base link to check that it is happening or send a message
to the base commander Col David Buck (who has his own facebook page!)
Mailing Address:
30 SW/PA
Building 12,000
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Ca 93437-6267

send a copy to me at MacGregor Eddy po Box 5789 Salinas CA 93915 so they cannot ignore it.
or email it to macgregoreddy@gmail.com

www.vandenbergwitness.org for details of the protest we will have at midnight (11:55 pm Nov 17)
you can also post comments on this website.

sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom endorsed by many organizations
including the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and the War Resister's League.

Please write to your nearest US embassy, or even go to them in person
to ask the USA to show leadership for a nuclear weapons free future.

MacGregor Eddy
_______________________________________________________________________
Update 1

* Sent from Bruce Gagnon on Nov. 8, 2009 (globalnet@mindspring.com)

ICBM launch set for Vandenberg AFB in the early hours of November 18 (cost $21 million)

Peace protest will start at the front gate Nov. 17 at 11:55 pm (midnight)

Six miles north of Lompoc on Highway One (across from Vandenberg Middle school, use the school for mapquest directions)

For details see www.vandenbergwitness.org or call 831-206-5043 or email macgregoreddy@gmail.com

Sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Endorsed by Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, War Resister's League, Tri Valley Cares, Nevada Desert Experience, Western States Legal Foundation, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and many others.

MacGregor Eddy
Salinas
_______________________________________________________________________
Update 2

* Sent from MacGregor Eddy on Nov. 14, 2009 (macgregoreddy@gmail.com)

ICBM Minuteman III solid fuel, hair trigger, high speed (delivery system for nuclear weapons) launch set for Vandenberg AFB in California in the early hours of November 18 (cost $21 million) peace protest will start at the front gate Nov 17 11:55 pm (midnight) for details see www.vandenbergwitness.org the test missile will land in the Marshall Islands. please tell the US embassy near you that the US must keep good faith with the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty article VI, the protest is organized by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom endorsed by Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, War Resister's League, Tri Valley Cares, Nevada Desert Experience, Western States Legal Foundation, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power is Space and more.
MacGregor Eddy



_______________________________________________________________________
Update 3

* Senf from MacGregor Eddy on Nov. 14, 2009

I just spoke with the Public Affairs department at Vandenberg Air
Force Base and they informed me that next week’s Minuteman launch is
cancelled.

They did not provide a reason for the cancellation.

I note, however, that they use the word “canceled” and not
“postponed.” I would love to find out the reason for the cancellation
if possible.

We will make a final decision about our press conference on Monday.
Being the US government, the test could be back “on” at any moment.

Regardless of what happens with this test, we want to continue raising
this as an issue. I will be trying to pursue this missile testing
issue with the LA Times, both the double standards angle and the
effects of nuclear and missile testing on the Marshallese people. They
have been publishing a lot of excellent investigative work around the
US nuclear weapon sites (they have a story today about 1.6 trillion
gallons of water around the Nevada Test Site being permanently
contaminated with radioactivity).

Best wishes,
Rick

Rick Wayman
Director of Programs
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
(805) 965-3443
www.wagingpeace.org
MacGregor Eddy

_______________________________________________________________________
Update 4

* Sent from Makiko Sato (seamesky@sand.ocn.ne.jp) on Nov. 14, 2009

I'd like to ask you all to support the petition campaigns below.

・to oppose the forthcoming missile launch from Vandenberg at midnight of Nov.17-18th [which was cancelled but still against any missile launch to Asia Pacific].

(please give your name to; no.to.sm3@smail.com by 12:00 17th. US-Standard Time.)

Sorry, time is tight, and I don't think I can collect many names this time,

but more than anything, I want to join the solidarity of this link,

for I want to let ordinary Japanese citizens know about

various things in the Pacific, as a voluntary translater.

http://www.anatakara.com/petition/opposition-to-minuteman3-2009-11-17.html

_______________________________________________________________________
Update 5

* No base stories of Korea sent to the NoUS Bases on Nov. 15

Cora and all.

Cora, Thanks so much for informing the article that really reveals who Obama is: A self-claimed America's first Pacific president.

The article that you forwarded really had much implication for the Obama's str[at]egy in Asia. I so thank you for that!

I have read a similar article that Obama’s first aim to visit of the South Korea is to denuclearization of the North Korea.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/text-fwd-obama-warns-n-korea-of.html
Friday, November 13, 2009
Text Fwd: Obama warns N. Korea of continued sanctions unless it denuclearizes

But, I just want to remind us how Obama has threatened the North Korea and the world.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/09/text-fwd-us-braces-for-possible-nuke.html
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Text Fwd: 'US Braces for Possible Nuke War With NK'

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/text-fwd-print-conversation-print-open.html
Friday, November 13, 2009
Text Fwd: Obama to Retain "Nuclear Overkill" Capacity

Makiko, I think your guess is quite right. The reason that the USA to launch ICBM Minutman III on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands was cancelled because the test quite contradicts his claim for denuclearization of the North Korea for which he would speech in Korea on Nov. 18. Uh. Uh. Policy mistake!

Otherwise, the site with the forwarded videos below may some explain the North Korea’s wish of peaceful unification of Korea and how its wish has continuously been frustrated, even though the dates were some months ago.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/video-fwd-who-threatens-peace-north.html

And how about his pressure to South Korea(re-dispatch) and Japan (fund) for the war in Afghanistan? Koreans had a rally yesterday. Even though I need more compensation in it.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/koreans-protest-no-re-dispatch-to.html

Otherwise, I was informed the excellent video today. It is a must-see video! A Gift from Malaysia!

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/video-fwd-war-crimes-multimedia.html

Thanks very much. All.

No base stories of Korea

_______________________________________________________________________
Update 6

from MacGregor Eddy
to No US Bases
date Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:01 PM
subject [nousbases] ICBM launch POSTPONED not cancelled.


The US Space Command has announced that the November 18 ICBM
Minuteman III launch has NOT been cancelled, but only postponed.
( It was cancelled on Friday the 13th, when Obama arrived
in Japan, it was set to be fired to Kwajalein while Obama was in South Korea)

I call on NO BASES members around the world to start planning a protest at
their US embassy/consulate/diplomatic mission for the day of the launch
when it is announced.

I am going to Los Angeles today to start organizing this, please indicate
what you think.
MacGregor Eddy Womens International League for Peace and Freedom,
and the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.

_______________________________________________________________________
Update 7 : Sent to Koreans

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
[국문] NO! USA to launch ICBM on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands

안녕하세요.

많은 분들께 보냅니다.

미 캘리포니아 밴던버그 증인에서 오랫동안 활동가로 일했고 또한 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크의 저문 위원 일인 맥그리거 에디에게서 몇 시간 전에 온 속보입니다. 그는 5월 7일, 범민련 활동가들 구속시 뉴욕 영사관에 범민련의 영문 성명및 글로벌 넷워트의 항의 성명을 전달, 사무 총장 브루스 개그논과 함께 큰 역활을 한 사람이기도 합니다.

그에 따르면 밴 던버그 우주 사령부는 발표하길, 대룩간 탄도 미사일 실험 미뉴트맨 III 가 바락 오바마 대통령이 11월 13일 일본에 도착한 날 발사하기로 예정되었었으나 취소되었다 오바마가 한국에 도착하는 11월 18일 미 태평얄 콰잘렌 군도를 향해 발사한다고 했답니다. (미국 시각 11월 17일 11:55pm 에정).
이 발사 실험은 11월 15일 취소된 것으로 한 때 알려졌으나 맥그리거 에디의 오늘 밤 속보는 그 것이 집행될 것을 밝힙니다.

맥그리거 에디는 각 나라의 미 대사관, 영사관, 외교부 업무를 맡는 곳에서 실험 발사 날짜에 항의 시의를 할 것을 촉구했으며 자신은 속보를 받자마자 로스엔젤레스로 가 시위를 조직하겠다 말했읍니다.

이 시위는 그가 몸담고 있는 밴던버그 증인
http://www.vandenbergwitness.org

외에

평화와 자유를 위한 국제 여성 연합http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/legal/npt/nptindex1.html,
핵시대 평화 재단
http://www.wagingpeace.org/
전쟁 저항자 연맹
http://www.warresisters.org/
트라이 계곡 보호조직
http://www.trivalleycares.org/
네바다 사막 경험
http://www.nevadadesertexperience.org
서부 주 법 재단
http://www.wslfweb.org
그리고 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크(Launch Cancelled 란 글자는 지워져 엎데이트되어야 합니다.) http://www.space4peace.org

에 의해 지지됩니다.

그는 또한 마샬 군도 리포트에 의하면 콰잘렌 군도 로널드 레이건 실험 사이트는 이미 발사를 위해 완전 준비가 된 상태라 그 발사가 곧 진행될 지 모르겠다 우려하고 있읍니다.

맥그리거 에디는 “이 것은 북한의 단거리 액체 연료 미사일들에 대한 비판 이 후 나온 것으로 위선적이다. 미뉴트맨 III는 찰나의 순간에 경고되어 발사되는 것으로 고체 연료로 초고속으로 컴퓨터/ 위성 유도 장치에 의해 진행되는 것이다. 이는 거대한 민간 지역에 무기를 나르기 위해 고안된 것이다. 그 실험 미사일은 모조 탄두를 달 것이나 이 것은 핵운반 실험 미사일이다. 이는 비핵확산 조약의 비무장 내용에 대한 신념을 위협한다.” 라고 합니다. 보다 자세한 영문 내용과 이미지는 여기를 참고하시길.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html

밴 던버그 기지의 미사일 실험 발사는 6월, 8월 23일에도 진행되었고 5월 5일에는 우주 전쟁 위성을 탑재한 델타 II 로켓을 발사한 바 있읍니다. ( 미국이 북한의 합법적 인공 위성을 비판한 직후) 그 때 재외 교포를 포함, 195명 한국인의 서명 운동이 진행되기도 했읍니다. 여기를 참고하시길.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/05/solidarity-statement-petition-for.html

( 마우스를 내려가면 국문 번역이 있읍니다. 참고하시길)


연합 뉴스에 의하면 오바마가 남한에 오는 것 중 가장 큰 이유는 아프가니스탄 재파병 압력외에도 북한을 비핵무장하기 위한 것이라 합니다.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/text-fwd-obama-warns-n-korea-of.html

그러면서 그가 연설하는 18일 날 북한을 대상으로 하는 핵미사일 실험을 하다니요! 이미 오바마의 이중성은 알려졌읍니다. 그는 대통령 선거때 공화당 맥케인 후보보다 보다 더 월 스트리트, 제약, 그리고 군수 회사의 지원을 받은 사람입니다.


http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/09/text-fwd-us-braces-for-possible-nuke.html
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Text Fwd: 'US Braces for Possible Nuke War With NK'

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/text-fwd-print-conversation-print-open.html
Friday, November 13, 2009
Text Fwd: Obama to Retain "Nuclear Overkill" Capacity.

10 월 22일 한미 안보 연례 협의회 이후 서해 충돌을 해전이라 부르고 최근 제주도에 김 태영 국방 장관이 내려가 해군 기지와 관련, 제주도 의회의 파행을 가져오게 한 요인을 볼때 이 모든 것이 오바마 방문과 무관하지 않음을 알게 됩니다.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeju%20Island

많은 분들께 부탁합니다.

1. 각 조직의 18일 아프간 재파병 반대 성명서, 기사에 이 소식과 함께 항의 내용, 현지 시위자들에 대한 지지 및 기사를 실어 주십시오.

2. 18일 아프간 재파병 반대 집회 때 캘리포니아 밴던버그 기지 핵 미사일 실험 발사 항의 피켓팅을 함께 만들어 와 주십시오.

3. 각 언론의 긴급 홍보를 부탁드립니다.

4. 위와 관련, 18일 만들어지는 각 조직의 성명서, 기사, 사진등을 저에게 보내 주십시오. 맥그리거 에디, 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크, 미군 기지 폐쇄를 위한 전 세계 넷트 워크에 알리도록 하겠읍니다. 이미 한국의 11월 14일 재파병 반대 집회 소식을 알린 바 있읍니다.

http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/koreans-protest-no-re-dispatch-to.html

5. 이름/ 조직 (있다면) 만 또는 짧은 항의 메시지 (그리고 현지 시위자들에 대한 지지 메시지를 함께 저에게 주시면 모아서 맥그리거에게 보내겟읍니다.