Greenpeace has several principled objections to the Star Wars system, the main of which are:
- The Star Wars system will provoke a new arms race because it will encourage other nuclear states like Russia and China to expand their arsenals to overwhelm the defence system.
- Star Wars is not about defence it is about offence and the way the US wields its power over other countries. At the same time Bush is continuing to plough billions of dollars into nuclear weapons development.
- The Star Wars system makes Yorkshire a target because any enemy of the USA will attempt to knock out the 'eyes and ears' of Star Wars as part of an offensive action.
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