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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Future of UK's largest missile range secure says MoD


The Hebrides
The future of the UK's largest missile range is secure for at least the next five years, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.

The Hebrides Range, set up in the 1950s, has sites on Benbecula, North and South Uist and a radar station on the remote St Kilda archipelago.

The range offers the largest area in the UK for the live-firing of rockets and missiles. About 200 staff run it.

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