EARTH DAY EVENT / PROTEST AT NORTHUP GRUMMAN

 

As part of the call by the War Industries Resistance Network, Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland is organizing a demonstration at Northrop Grumman, a letter to its CEO and a leaflet to be handed out to the workers at 793 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland on Earth Day, April 22, at 3 PM.

Northrop Grumman is a notorious weapons contractor, which has received the largest amount of tax dollars to work on nuclear weapons.

 President Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in its invasion of Ukraine has created the most tense nuclear weapons crisis since 1962 when Russia installed nuclear weapons in Cuba.  Unfortunately, President Biden is using the invasion of Ukraine to release an outrageous military budget. And the figure for the nuclear weapons arsenal is $50.9 billion, This is a $7.7 billion increase from last year’s proposed budget. 

 Biden’s budget includes $5 billion for the B 21 long range strike bomber made by Northrop Grumman, which is also capable of deploying nuclear and conventional weapons. The budget includes $3.6 billion for a Ground Based Strategic Deterrent. That system is a replacement for aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) that are located in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming. The ICBM is the land component of the nuclear triad the Biden budget proposal referenced. The GBSD would ensure that these missiles remain deployed in U.S. states for another 50 years.

 In 2020, Northrop Grumman was awarded a $13.3 billion engineering and manufacturing development contract for the U.S. military’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system for  the Air Force. That program is projected to be worth up to $85 billion. The ICBMs increase the chances of a catastrophic accident or miscalculation because they are kept on high alert at all times, and hundreds of them would be launched with a single order. Once launched, they cannot be recalled.

 If you are interested in joining Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland on April 22, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001@comcast.net  We will be doing carpooling to meet at a fast food restaurant across from the Northrop Grumman site.