RAF Lakenheath CND demonstration to take place November 2

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) will return to the airbase on Saturday, November 2, for its next national demonstration against the return of US nuclear weapons to Britain.

This is the fourth of the group's national mobilisations at RAF Lakenheath since 2022 and will take place from 12 noon to 3pm at the main gate in Brandon Road.

A previous campaign at RAF Lakenheath (Image: CND) The group will also be joined by Melissa Parke, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). 

Alan Tait, of Cambridge CND, said: "Speaking for Cambridge CND we are horrified at the return of US nuclear weapons to the American base at Lakenheath.

"This is a step backwards towards nuclear war with current increasing tensions between the US and Russia, and makes us a target rather than more secure.

"CND successfully campaigned for the removal of cruise missiles from Lakenheath back in the 1980’s. We now have to do so again." 

Susan Wright, chair of Norwich and District CND and founding member of the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace, said: "I have been involved in demonstrations against the return of nuclear weapons to Britain for many reasons. 

"Nuclear weapons are illegal, immoral, and could lead to mass environmental damage and human destruction.

"Their proposed return to Suffolk has not been sanctioned by local people, since no public discussion has been allowed. 

"A clear majority of UN states backs the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, yet they continue to proliferate.

"We want to raise awareness of the extreme dangers of nuclear weapons in a world facing annihilation."

In January, it was revealed that the US was planning to put warheads three times as strong as the Hiroshima bomb at RAF Lakenheath.

They previously stationed nuclear missiles at the site but these were removed in 2008 when the Cold War threat from Moscow had receded.