M+W Zander have a contract for AWE's controversial Orion laser facility, reportedly worth £20m. Plans for the facility, designed by the company and dated 10 August 2005, were on display at a Berkshire planning meeting about the project last November (pictured).

The five-year project to build the laser facility is part of a massive building programme at AWE which the plutonium profiteers have themselves compared to Heathrow's Terminal 5 and which campaigners believe will facilitate the development of the next generation of nuclear weapons.

While Chippenham residents were surprised that their town had been visited by the group, they were overwhelmingly supportive. Most had no idea of the German firm's role in Britain's WMD programme.

This morning's Block the Builder's action is part of an ongoing campaign of nonviolent resistance to new facilities being developed at AWE Aldermaston.