The Current Nuclear weapons system in Britain is Trident, which consists of 4 'V' class submarines (Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant, and Vengeance). Each submarine can carry up to 14 Trident missiles, each with 8 warheads. One warhead has ten times the explosive capability of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Together these weapons have the capability to destroy about half the world.
Five years ago Argyll & Bute Council won a court case to evict Faslane Peace Camp from the site it had occupied for over 15 years. In response we built up physical defences such as tunnels, tree-houses, and walk-ways but most importantly we had a huge inlux of new people bringing fresh energy and enthusiasm.
The Council backed off. We had showed them that the eviction would not be easy or cheap - it would have cost up to Ł300,000 to evict us. We had won.
In the last couple of years there have been more actions at the Faslane Trident submarine base by us and Trident Ploughshares resulting in over 800 arrests in the last year or so. Local Tory councillors want to stop the protests - they want to get rid of the protests by evicting us. The council are talking about evicting us again.