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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" dir="ltr" trbidi="on">There
are going to be two protests at Bath Iron Works (BIW) here
in Maine during the month of October. The first will be
on Saturday, October 5 from 11:30 am to 12:30. That vigil
will be part of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.space4peace.org/">Keep Space for Peace
Week</a> and will be held on Washington Street in Bath.<br>
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The second, and likely larger protest, will be held on
Saturday, October 19 during the "christening" of the
Navy's first Zumwalt class "stealth" destroyer, DDG-1000.
This protest will come at the end of the Maine Drone Peace
Walk and will be from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and will be held
on the corner of Washington Street and Hinckley Street.
Just across the street from this spot many people will be
lining up to enter BIW for the "christening" ceremony.
Yes indeed it is a sacrilege and presumptuous to give the
blessing of Christ (the Prince of Peace) to a first-strike
killing warship.</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Long-time
noted peace and justice activist Kathy Kelly will be on
the last couple of days of the walk and will speak at the
BIW protest. <br>
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trbidi="on">The <i>Associated Press</i> has reported, “A
super-stealthy destroyer that could underpin the U.S.
Navy’s China strategy will be able to sneak up on
coastlines virtually undetected and pound targets with
electromagnetic ‘rail guns’ right out of a sci-fi movie.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Using electric
pulses, not chemical explosives, the ‘rail gun’ can shoot
a 40-pound metal slug from New York to Philadelphia at up
to 5,600 mph — more than seven times the speed of sound —
with 32 times the force of a car traveling at 100 miles
per hour."<br>
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trbidi="on">The new stealthy DDG-1000 being built by
General Dynamics in Bath will cost between $4-7 billion
each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Navy
did not actually want the destroyer because it would eat
up too much of their shipbuilding budget.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But the Obama
administration, which was strongly supported in his run
for president in 2008 by the Chicago-based Crown family
(which are majority stockholders in General Dynamics), has
insisted the ships be built.<span style="mso-spacerun:
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Previous
versions of Navy destroyers, outfitted with ‘missile
defense’ systems cost about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>$1.5 billion each.<br>
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These protests will be sponsored by Maine Veterans for
Peace, the Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm, Maine Campaign
to Bring Our War $$ Home, CodePink Maine, and the Global
Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. </div>
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<div>Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space<br>
PO Box 652<br>
Brunswick, ME 04011<br>
(207) 443-9502<br>
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