Deep Sea Range
| Deep Sea Range | |
|---|---|
South Uist Missile Range, Hebrides Range | |
| Scotland | |
AMSL |
The Deep Sea Range is an
RAF missile range in the Outer Hebrides
. It has also been known as the Hebrides Guided Weapon Range and the South Uist Missile Range.
History
The range was operated by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), for evaluating new missiles. St Kilda became Scotland's first World Heritage Site in 1987.
The site was built in 1957 by the Ministry of Defence to test nuclear missiles.[1] Opposition to the construction of the range resulted in the novel Rockets Galore!, by Sir Compton Mackenzie, which was made into a film, filmed on the island of Barra.
Resistance to the building of the range also led to the construction of the religious monument Our Lady of the Isles.
Structure
It is situated in the Outer Hebrides on
QinetiQ
, a privatised former division of the MoD.
Around 230 people work across all sites of the range.
See also
- List of rocket launch sites
- 1957 in Scotland
- BUTEC (British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre) at Raasay
- Luce Bay in Dumfries and Galloway
- RAF Tain on the Moray Firth
References
- ^ "East Anglian Film Archive". Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2016.