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Shoalwater Bay Military exclusion zone-Greenpeace vessel Vega crossing 
the line to bear witness to the US military training exercises. This 
exercise is taking place at a time when the US has changed its policy 
to an aggressive nuclear one.

A Greenpeace yacht bears witness to US military training exercises.

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We believe greater peace, greater security, greater safety is possible. Reaching out across national boundaries Greenpeace is working with citizens and political leaders around the world to make this happen.

In addition to closing down nuclear test sites to delay nuclear explosions, blocking ships carrying nuclear weapons grade materials, and generally being a nuisance to the nuclear powers, we also work in a number of political arenas, including:
  • The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  • The Conference on Disarmament
  • The United Nations First Committee
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In Australia and the Pacific, we are campaigning against nuclear weapons in the region, a second nuclear reactor in Australia, nuclear power, reprocessing and waste dumping.

Greenpeace has always said that it is absurd to promote nuclear energy and think it is still possible to control nuclear weapons.

In 2005, the Greenpeace yacht Vega bears witness on Talisman Sabre exercises in the Shoalwater Bay miltary exclusion zone. The Talisman Sabre US/Australia military exercises were the largest bilateral war games ever carried out between the two countries.

Greenpeace called on the Australian Government to assure the public that our military personnel will not be engaged in nuclear weapons training scenarios.