Nuclear Foes in Spain Protest U.S. Ship Visit

Several hundred anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated Sunday against the presence of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in Valencia’s port, and three people were arrested when a clash broke out, police said.

A protest spokesman claimed that the target of the demonstration, the aircraft carrier Forrestal, carries 150 nuclear weapons.

Spain has a policy of banning nuclear weapons in its territory. However, it accepts the U.S. government’s policy of neither confirming nor denying whether its ships or aircraft are carrying nuclear weapons.