Palestine Action activists have once again targeted Teledyne CML Composites in Bromborough, Wirral, which manufactures parts for F-35 fighter jets.
The protestors scaled the building, cut holes in the roof, and sprayed red paint on the exterior to symbolise the bloodshed in Gaza.
This is the latest in a series of protests by the group against the production and export of military equipment used by the Israeli military.
Teledyne CML Composites, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies, produces components for the F-35 jets, which have been used in Israeli airstrikes. According to the activists, these jets play a significant role in Israel’s operations in Gaza, which have been the focus of international concern.
A senior Teledyne manager has reportedly said that damage to the clean rooms could halt production for up to 12 months. This is not the first time Palestine Action has targeted Teledyne; in July, activists drove a van into the factory gates and sprayed red paint on the building. In April, the group disrupted operations at Teledyne’s Shipley site, halting the production of military electronics.
Palestine Action’s ongoing protests are part of a broader movement challenging the UK’s role in exporting military equipment, particularly to countries involved in conflict. While the activists argue their actions are meant to draw attention to the human cost of these exports, companies like Teledyne operate under legally approved export agreements.
This protest is reminiscent of a similar incident in Glasgow in 2022, where five activists caused over £1 million in damage at a Thales UK facility. Those protestors were later jailed for their actions, which caused significant disruption to the site, although none of the equipment produced there was destined for Israel.
As protests like this continue, they highlight ongoing debates over the balance between lawful protest and the disruption caused to businesses. Palestine Action has vowed to keep targeting companies involved in military exports to Israel, while the companies involved argue that they are complying with international law and regulations.
This latest action at Teledyne’s Bromborough site adds to the growing tension over the role of defence companies in global conflicts, with ongoing protests likely to persist.
If they’re not careful, they’ll get a visit from Mossad.
They need serious jail time. We cannot risk the security of this country and the western world for uninformed idiots or extremists in tie dye.
Absolutely right.
Spot on their actions are madness in the bigger picture. But these types simply don’t care so should be treated as traitors against the State.
Sounds like an American.
Security of this country, was that a joke.
These people are directly threatening the security of the UK, they need to be treated with the utmost severity.
Deport where possible
Why you call them “activists” a subliminal camouflage language term created by leftist journalism to hide the extremism in their own ranks?
The idea behind it is to use the tag “extremism” only on the ideas from the right . First to disfranchise them and latter to make it illegal.
The objective is to build an Overton Window only populated with leftist ideas.
It is important that everyone understands that the battlefield is also shaped by language.
Sadly with new media we are seeing that from both left and right (not much difference these days beyond the colour of their shirts) truth is becoming meaningless to the masses, real life becoming a sideshow to multimedia rather than the reverse.
Wow what a complete failure to learn and improve security by Teledyne. Hopefully the head of security made recommendations that weren’t implemented and has kept the evidence, or they may be hung out to dry!
How many times do we see this in this country, if they seriously take 12 months to resume production how much more of a cost to actually protecting it in the first place? What danger and cost in actually losing the contract? Tends to suggest it was hardly fit for purpose in the first place what was it a corrugated roof? These were hardly SAS infiltrators at work after all. Probably suggests how much run down facilities still exist in the uk industrial base even for high end products to be honest as we even saw at Bae building Frigates… Read more »
Great, equally damages our ability to defend ourselves against a madman or two in the East. But hey some of these will be welcoming them marching down Whitehall no doubt… the others running abroad, taking on new identities or ‘mysteriously’ disappearing as our new global overlords won’t like troublemakers, even those who helped them in their ambitions.
There is nothing to debate this is not a lawful protest, it is willful vandalism, the law has been broken. The question is why are these toxic activist groups allowed to exist, given that their intention is to cause more destruction.
These are terrorists, They imperial our industry and security. Ship them to Gaza where they can live out their fantasies as Muslim slaves or jail them for life
In many countries they would be shot.
This is treason and serious charges against the national interest. On a side note why has this company not got cctv all over and instant response from police
These actions haven’t affected anything going to Israel they’ve affected production for the UK military.