Dundrennan Range
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Dundrennan Range is a weapons testing range on the Solway Firth, near Kirkcudbright in South West Scotland. It is part of the Kirkcudbright Training Area, 4,700 acres of farming land acquired by the army in 1942 to train forces for the invasion of Europe. The area includes a 15 x 19 mile sea danger area.
The range is the site of the Electro-Magnetic Launch Facility where, since 1993 the Ministry of Defence and the United States Army have been collaborating on a research project aimed at developing an electro-magnetic launcher, or rail gun. The project is expected to continue until at least 2009.
It has been claimed that environmental damage could be or has been done by the testing of shells containing 'depleted uranium' at this site.
External links
- [Public Information Leaflet] from the Army Training Estate
- [MOD lied over Depleted Uranium] from the Sunday Herald, 29th February 2004
- [Concern over 'supergun' tests] at bbc.co.uk
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