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A Guide to Nuclear Philippines. Primer on US Military Bases, Nuclear Weapons and what the Filipino People are Doing About These (1989)

Auteur	Roland G.Simbulan
Datum	1989
Classificatie	4.16.0.00/06 (FILIPPIJNEN)
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INTRODUCTION

The Philippine archipelago extends about 1,100 miles (1,770) km.) north to south 
along the southeastern rim of Asia, forming a land chain between the Pacific Ocean 
on the east and the South China Sea on the west. It is separated from Taiwan on the 
north and Malaysia and Indonesia on the south by straits that are a few miles wide 
and from Vietnam and China on the west by the 600-mile (966 km.) breadth of the 
South China Sea.

The archipelago, with its round-the-year tropical climate, comprises 7,100 beautiful 
islands and islets of varying sizes, rich in white-sand beaches, tropical vegetation, 
virgin forests and lakes and rivers. It covers a total land area of 115,707 square miles 
(or 229,679 sq. kms.). Eleven of the major islands make up about 95% of the total 
land area and population. It has a population of 56 million, 97% of which is literate.

Basically an agricultural country, much of the Philippines' farmland is devoted to 
rice, corn, coconut and sugar. There are substantial exports of sugar, coconut 
products, bananas, abaca (Manila hemp) and timber. Copper, iron, chromite and 
gold are among the most important minerals exploited.

But aside from these, the Philippines is also the site of the largest and most 
important overseas American military bases and facilities in Asia. These bases 
contain stockpiles of nuclear weapons that are integrally tied to the Pentagon's 
nuclear warfighting plans. They serve as a springboard for intervention in the 
Middle East and Northeast Asia.

WELCOME TO A NUCLEAR COLONY OF THE UNITED STATES.

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