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THIS is the moment that a pensioner dives under a lorry transporting nuclear weapons across Scotland in a protest at the UK's deterrent.

The series of videos, recorded by activists from Stirling University CND, shows the convoy, believed to be transporting the weapons to Balloch and on to Faslane yesterday, approaching a roundabout on the outskirts of the city.

As the van carrying the warheads approaches a roundabout, a pensioner and his younger colleague hold up signs demonstrating the presence of the convoy.

While the younger activist stays in the middle of the road, the OAP launches himself under the axle of the van, bringing the entire convoy to a halt.

The man, after a brief struggle, is removed from the underneath the van and is later seen sitting down at the side of the road talking to police, while the activists filming reflect on a job well done.

Activists online later claimed that the two had been arrested, and that they were veteran anti-nuke protesters from the Trident Peace Camp at Faslane.

The footage was posted on the Stirling University Facebook, and was recorded yesterday. Activists claimed that the convoy was held up for around 20 minutes.

The videos have been viewed nearly 100,000 times and provoked a mixed reaction.

Levi Edwards wrote: “It’s one thing to protest against these weapons which I want to see gone, but causing them to stop just makes for a very dangerous situation.

"Protest by all means but don’t help an opportunist terrorist achieve their goal.”

But Jacqueline Brown hit back: “Well done to Stirling Uni CND. If one elderly gentleman can cause this much havoc, imagine what terrorists could do? Scotland didn’t vote for this weapons of mass destruction.”

Scott Russell wrote that he was ‘moved to tears’ by the protest that he said reminded him of the legendary tank stopping activist at TiananmenSquare.