03-08-2011, 09:09 AM
In a recent e-mail from Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space:
"Drones are now being built in the U.S. by these aerospace corporations: General Atomics; Northrop Grumman; Boeing; Aurora Flight Sciences; AAI Corp.; AeroVironment; Honeywell; Raytheon; Communications Systems West; and Lockheed Martin.
In the U.S. drones are being tested and flown from the following bases: Creech AFB, NV; Beale AFB, CA; Cannon AFB, NM; Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ; Ellington Field, TX; Ellsworth AFB, SD; Grand Forks AFB, ND; Hancock Airfield, NY; Hector Int'l Airport, ND; Holloman AFB, NM; Langley AFB, VA; March Joint Air Reserve Base, CA; Springfield ANG Base, OH; and Whiteman AFB, MO."
The e-mail announces the annual campaign of "Keep Space for Peace" during the first week of October.
"I watched a news video recently from Pakistan that claimed the Obama administration had not only fired missiles from drones at civilians, but that the payload on-board the missile included a toxic substance that was causing unusual burns and resulted in quick deaths for children.
Under U.S. leadership, drone technology is now exploding across the planet. USAF Gen. Robert Behler, commenting on U.S. drone developments recently said, "We're going to make more, we're going to make them better, and we're going to employ them more. That's the future."
The future as the Pentagon plans it will be more war, more killing of innocent people, and more wasted money that could have been used for good things back here at home. The military sees drones as "cleaner and cheaper" war making out of sight and out of mind.
On October 1-8 we will once again hold our annual Keep Space for Peace Week. This year our theme will be the use of space technology to "execute" drone warfare. Military satellites, with soldiers sitting at computer terminals at bases back in the U.S., are directing this drone war. We are calling it the "Chair Force". You can find a copy of our poster here: http://www.space4peace.org/actions/ksfpw11.htm#posters
It's our job to bring this madness to light. We must help the public see that drone warfare is not clean and it is in fact immoral.
We've reached out to the newly created anti-drone networks in the U.S. and the United Kingdom and invited them to join as co-sponsors for our 2011 Keep Space for Peace Week. We are trying hard to ensure that as people begin to think about the morality of drone warfare, they also connect the dots to see how space technology directs the entire program.
We also want to make sure that people are thinking about the growing cost of these wars that are spreading like cancer. Space is becoming the "base" for NATO expansion as their wars in Afghanistan-Pakistan-Libya rely on these expensive military "eyes in the sky" for surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting.
The Pentagon boasts about its "Full Spectrum Dominance". As we look ahead to October 1-8 we are encouraging local peace groups to help us organize a week of "Full Spectrum Resistance." We want to see actions in local communities all over the world, and especially where there are military production facilities and military bases."
globalnet@mindspring.com
http://www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/ (blog)
"Drones are now being built in the U.S. by these aerospace corporations: General Atomics; Northrop Grumman; Boeing; Aurora Flight Sciences; AAI Corp.; AeroVironment; Honeywell; Raytheon; Communications Systems West; and Lockheed Martin.
In the U.S. drones are being tested and flown from the following bases: Creech AFB, NV; Beale AFB, CA; Cannon AFB, NM; Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ; Ellington Field, TX; Ellsworth AFB, SD; Grand Forks AFB, ND; Hancock Airfield, NY; Hector Int'l Airport, ND; Holloman AFB, NM; Langley AFB, VA; March Joint Air Reserve Base, CA; Springfield ANG Base, OH; and Whiteman AFB, MO."
The e-mail announces the annual campaign of "Keep Space for Peace" during the first week of October.
"I watched a news video recently from Pakistan that claimed the Obama administration had not only fired missiles from drones at civilians, but that the payload on-board the missile included a toxic substance that was causing unusual burns and resulted in quick deaths for children.
Under U.S. leadership, drone technology is now exploding across the planet. USAF Gen. Robert Behler, commenting on U.S. drone developments recently said, "We're going to make more, we're going to make them better, and we're going to employ them more. That's the future."
The future as the Pentagon plans it will be more war, more killing of innocent people, and more wasted money that could have been used for good things back here at home. The military sees drones as "cleaner and cheaper" war making out of sight and out of mind.
On October 1-8 we will once again hold our annual Keep Space for Peace Week. This year our theme will be the use of space technology to "execute" drone warfare. Military satellites, with soldiers sitting at computer terminals at bases back in the U.S., are directing this drone war. We are calling it the "Chair Force". You can find a copy of our poster here: http://www.space4peace.org/actions/ksfpw11.htm#posters
It's our job to bring this madness to light. We must help the public see that drone warfare is not clean and it is in fact immoral.
We've reached out to the newly created anti-drone networks in the U.S. and the United Kingdom and invited them to join as co-sponsors for our 2011 Keep Space for Peace Week. We are trying hard to ensure that as people begin to think about the morality of drone warfare, they also connect the dots to see how space technology directs the entire program.
We also want to make sure that people are thinking about the growing cost of these wars that are spreading like cancer. Space is becoming the "base" for NATO expansion as their wars in Afghanistan-Pakistan-Libya rely on these expensive military "eyes in the sky" for surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting.
The Pentagon boasts about its "Full Spectrum Dominance". As we look ahead to October 1-8 we are encouraging local peace groups to help us organize a week of "Full Spectrum Resistance." We want to see actions in local communities all over the world, and especially where there are military production facilities and military bases."
globalnet@mindspring.com
http://www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/ (blog)
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