A group of anti-war campaigners gained entrance to a major munitions plant in Glascoed, South Wales on Saturday 1st March, during a 'civilian weapons inspection' that saw 50 people protesting. The plant is run by BAE systems (the UK's largest arms company), and is not so much a factory, as a huge complex of buildings and bunkers, producing everything from bullets and grenades to depleted uranium shells. The protest was part of the Campaign Against the Arms Trade's Site Unseen campaign, which has scheduled protests at 40 sites belonging to BAE Systems or its subsidiaries throughout the year.

A group from Cardiff Anarchist Network used a home made rope ladder to scale a seven foot spiked fence and bolt cutters to get through chain link fencing. The action lasted several hours and activists gained access to sensitive areas despite the best efforts of security guards and police. There was one arrest for criminal damage, although BAE declined to press charges.

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