"Resist Trident 2000 badge" [NMLH.2005.8.2]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2005.8.2

Object Name
Badge

Title
Ploughshares 2000. Celebrate Hope Resist Trident

Place
Faslane naval base, Scotland

People
Trident Ploughshares

Events
Trident UK nuclear programme

Date
2000

Description
Green circular badge with a cartoon image of a Trident nuclear submarine at centre, overlaid with a hammer. Text inside the hammer shape and around the edge reads "PLOUGHSHARES 2000" and "CELEBRATE HOPE RESIST TRIDENT".


Trident is the UK’s nuclear weapons programme with the stated purpose of a deterrent, according to the Ministry of Defence. It was established in 1980 and now operates out of a Royal Navy base in Clyde on the west coast of Scotland. Anti-nuclear and peace activists have continually protested against Trident since its inception.

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