Five people were arrested after they blocked the entrance to Electric Boat in New London Monday morning, according to police.
Officers responded to Electric Boat on Pequot Avenue just before 6 a.m.
The individuals stood behind a series of connected life-size wooden cut-outs of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the atomic bomb, police said.
An image from a police-worn body camera showed at least 20 of the wooden cut-outs with a sign that read "Don't be a 'Destroyer of Worlds.' Stop the Columbia Sub.
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The reference is to Oppenheimer recalling decades later his thoughts after the first test of his creation. He cited a quote from Hindu scripture "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Electric Boat builds the Columbia class submarines for the U.S. government.
The five people arrested were charged with first-degree trespass and disorderly conduct.
