DOWNLOAD PDF OF THE POSTER ALONG THE AXIS OF PEACE: Global Resistance to U.S. Military Bases and Space-based Weapons February 18, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 pm Art Auditorium UH Manoa FREE From Vandenberg, California to Kwajalein Atoll, Kaua’i to Jeju, South Korea, Okinawa to the UK, the U.S. global network of military bases and… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Kaua’i & Ni’ihau
Army tests hypersonic weapon from Kaua’i
When the Navy did its environmental impact statement (EIS) for the expansion of its Hawaiian Range Complex, “air-breathing hypersonic vehicles” were listed as one of the items to be tested there. However, there were no details about the nature of the tests in the report. The Navy officials at the time said that the technology… Read more »
Peace Prizes for War Presidents, Missile Tests on Day of Peace
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/06-0 Published on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by CommonDreams.org Peace Prizes for War Presidents, Missile Tests on Day of Peace Escalation of US offensive missile strategy — launching an ICBM Missile across the Pacific on World Peace Day by Ann Wright The U.S. missile ‘defense” system is simply not defensive. It is offensive in every… Read more »
Connecting the Aegis dots between Jeju, Okinawa, Guam, Hawai’i
Koohan Paik, co-author of the Superferry Chronicles and member of the Kaua’i Alliance for Peace and Social Justice wrote an excellent op ed in the Garden Island newspaper connecting the dots between the military expansion at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua’i, the struggle to stop a naval base in Jeju, South Korea, and… Read more »
Army has no plans for live fire in Makua
The new commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific may be softening his position with regard to live fire training in Makua. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: There may be no Army live-fire training in Makua Valley for years to come, and possibly never again, the new commanding general of the U.S. Army in the… Read more »
Pilot error caused copter crash
An army investigation of a 2009 helicopter crash at Wheeler Army Airfield that killed two pilots concluded that pilot error was the cause. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: The trouble started within two seconds of the helicopter’s engine drive being disengaged from the rotors — the equivalent of putting a car transmission in neutral —… Read more »
Orca and Superferries
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that researchers studying the effects of naval sonar on marine mammals spotted a pod of orca off Kaua’i: The whales appeared at about 9 a.m. Sunday in the channel between Kauai and Niihau where Baird and other Cascadia scientists are conducting a three-week project for the Navy to gauge the… Read more »
Helicopter training on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Army-Native Hawaiian convenant and more military housing
The Army wants to conduct helicopter training exercises on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. Jim Albertini of Malu ‘Aina issued the following call to oppose the Army’s High Altitude Mountainous Environment Training (HAMET) on the slopes of the sacred Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. The Army had conducted these helicopter training exercises in the past… Read more »
Kaua’i police seek two men for attack on navy men
According to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Kauai police are seeking two men who allegedly punched two Navy servicemen: Kauai police are looking for two men who left a Lihue bar at 2 a.m. Sunday and attacked two sailors. Police said the victims, two Navy servicemen, were hospitalized after being punched in the face at Rob’s… Read more »
Kauai tourist stumbles across spent smoke grenade on beach
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that a touris on Kauʻi found a spent smoke grenade on Kealia Beach this morning. Officers from the Kauai Police Department and an explosive specialist from the Transportation Security Administration examined the grenade and determined that it was likely spent, as indicated by its missing pin and a hole on… Read more »
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