MInuteman III ICBM test launch at Vandenberg AFB Tuesday night 11:30PM California time flying over Hawaii to the Marshall Islands
Press Release for Public release 9/5/23
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-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
MInuteman III ICBM test launch at Vandenberg AFB Tuesday night 11:30PM California time flying over Hawaii to the Marshall Islands
First hand experience from prior Vandenberg missile launches:
I experienced first hand several of these ICMB launches from Vandenberg while I was imprisoned at Lompoc in 1988 and 89 for a 1984 peaceful swimming protest of a US nuclear warship entering Hilo Harbor in violation of Hawaii County’s historic Nuclear Free Zone law — the first such Nuclear-Free law in the US. Lompoc Federal Prison is located on Vandenberg A.F.B. near Santa Barbara, CA. Many federal prisons are on US military bases, including Terminal Island Fed. Prison on Long Beach Naval Base and Boron Federal Prison on Edwards A.F.B. in the Mohave desert where I also spent a short time for this swim for peace as part of a 3 year federal prison sentence by a visiting federal judge, Spencer Williams, who spent 29 years in the Navy as a Lt. Commander.
I later read that the dummy warheads in these ICBM launches contained Depleted Uranium (DU). (Like using DU is spotting rounds and dummy rounds for the Davy Crockett nuclear weapon system test fired at Pohakuloa, Schofield and likely Makua Valley, and possibly Kaho’olawe.) That’s adding further insult and injury to the Marshall Islanders — to send DU into their lagoon from these missile launches from Vandenberg. Is the US still using DU in the dummy warheads? The Marshallese have already suffered so much from 67 US atomic and hydrogen bomb tests in their islands.
Regarding the launches from Vandenberg, I can’t recall whether it was the ground and prison shaking first, or the incredibly loud noise from the launches near the prison, but then came the smell of rocket fuel coming down on the prisoners. The tests were usually done late at night. We were literally captives with no where to go.
I’m glad to hear about the protests at Vandenberg. Solidarity,
Jim Albertini
-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
TONIGHT SEPTEMBER 5-UNARMED ICBM TO FLY FROM CALIFORNIA OVER HAWAII & LAND IN MARSHALL ISLANDS—DO YOU THINK THE NORTH KOREANS MIGHT BE CONCERNED!!!!
Protest TODAY the Minuteman III ICBM test from Vandenberg to the Marshall Islands.September 5th Tuesday will be a peace protest TODAY at 11:30 at night until midnight, at Vandenberg, Santa Maria gate on Hwy 1.Day time protest 3:35 pm: the next day, Wednesday September 6th, there will be another peace protest at Vandenberg same location, the Santa Maria gate on Highway 1Ann, I think I remember that Barking Sands on the stolen island of Kauai is one of the Minuteman III ICBM tracing stations. Is this true? YES!!!The ICBM launch begins from stolen Chumash land and crashes down at the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. From 1946 to 1958 the US military detonated 67 hydrogen bombs in the atmosphere of the Marshall Islands. The dummy warhead on this test missile represents a W-78 hydrogen bomb. A world ending weapon that should never ever be used. Why are we rehearsing this ?Please amplify our message today in your peace work today.The military states the test is to be sure it is safe and effective.Safe? Effective?From Vandenberg Space Force:An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Sept. 5, 2023, from 11:47 p.m. to Sept. 6, 5:47 a.m. Pacific Time from North Vandenberg.
The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to demonstrate the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces and provide confidence in the lethality and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear deterrent, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.
This test is routine and was scheduled years in advance. Consistent with previous test launches, this ICBM test launch will validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system.
In accordance with standard procedures, the United States has transmitted a pre-launch notification pursuant to the Hague Code of Conduct, and notified the Russian government in advance, per our existing bi-lateral obligations.
For questions regarding the launch window or Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) range operations, contact SLD 30 Public Affairs at 805-606-3595 or sld30.pa.workflow@us.af.mil.
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