"Divine Strake" is anything but divine to the Western Shoshone tribe. The tribe filed a federal lawsuit naming officials with the Defense Department, National Nuclear Security Administration and Defense Threat Reduction Agency as defendants. The proposed test is on traditional Western Shoshone land.
The tribe as well as many citizens of Nevada and other western states worry that the blast, over 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, could kick up radioactive material left from numerous A-bomb tests on the same proving ground in the 50's and 60's. Utah Senator Orin Hatch is even concerned. "The more I look into this, the more upset I become," Hatch said.
The test is also in direct violation of a UN decision as part of the United Nations Committe to Eliminate Racial Discrimination.
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