TODAY. Nuclear "sacrifice zones" and "sponges"- a new revelation

Christina Macpherson

Nov 30

Only recently revealed: - "The silos are basically meant to divert and absorb the incoming nuclear missiles from important and critical areas in the country, like cities."

OnFrom its beginning in the 1940s the global nuclear industry set up "sacrifice zones"- Nevada nuclear test sites, though the residents didn't know this - a sort of "unconscious" one - where the outcomes of cancer and birth defects were not fully understood.

Twas the Russians who first put the concept clearly into practice - setting up City 40, Ozersk the birthplace of the Soviet nuclear weapons programme . City 40's inhabitants were told they were "the nuclear shield and saviours of the world". This was absolute nuclear sacrifice. The residents of this secret city knew that their role was to accept both the cancerous consequences of nuclear weapons-making and their status as a nuclear target - all for the supposed glory of making all of Russia "safe".

The residents were compensated - financial stability, private apartments, plenty of food – including exotic delicacies such as bananas, condensed milk and caviar – good schools and healthcare, a plethora of entertainment and cultural activities.

In exchange, the residents were ordered to maintain secrets about their lives and work. For the first eight years, residents were forbidden from leaving the city, writing letters or making any contact with the outside world.

The Americans did it more subtly. They chose areas where the indigenous population would would have little awareness of the issues - a much cheaper system than the Russian one. The US military set up nuclear silos of InterContinental Ballistic Missile (ICBMs.) as "sponges" "The role of the ICBM is to force an adversary to use many nuclear weapons if they decided to attack the U.S. The silos are basically meant to divert and absorb the incoming nuclear missiles from important and critical areas in the country, like cities."

Wherever there are nuclear weapons systems, there are these "sponges", - places where the uninformed local community, preferably indigenous are put in danger. for the presumed safety of the more important city residents.

The very latest one is in the UK, in Suffolk, where the US is about to bring back nuclear weapons,

The women of Greenham Common previously got rid of American nuclear weapons bases.

UK needs a new Greenham Common to fight this new nuclear target, sponge, sacrifice zone.