UK whistleblower in military custody
A UK Royal Navy whistleblower who went on the run after reporting a catalogue of security failings at the Trident nuclear base has handed himself in to police.
Able Seaman William McNeilly had released an 18-page report online saying the Vanguard-class submarines that carry Britain's Trident missiles were “a disaster waiting to happen.”
A Royal Navy spokeswoman said McNeilly was stopped on Monday night at Edinburgh airport, and is now being detained by Royal Navy police at a military base in Scotland.
His case has once again raised deep concerns among experts on the security of the Trident nuclear boats. Many have praised him for the recent revelations.
“This brave young man is revealing concerns about security of Trident nuclear boats and all the associated staff and personnel but in practice, he is also raising a huge issue of the existence and purpose of the UK atomic bomb system which is called Trident,” London-based Professor Rodney Shakespeare told Press TV.
He went on saying that the main question is why the UK insists on keeping the Trident. According to Shakespeare, the answer is that the UK is associated with USA and its military industrial complex and with Zionism which a massive critical economic structure is determined to dominate the rest of the world by force.
“It has to do it by force because there is not a majority of people who are loyal to it and who feel that they are being fairly treated,” he noted.
Shakespeare highlighted the power of Zionists in the project and said:” Why Trident can’t be cut. Well, Trident could be cut. I mean, we can’t use Trident to attack Russia. But the reality is that the power of Zionists which controls the political and economical structure is going to keep the spending on military because ultimately it is about dominating the rest of the world. “
He said the cold war is over and there is no justification for maintaining the Trident. “This is an arrogant system wanting a mono polar world and ought to dominate by force,” he concluded.
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