Security of Scottish islands questioned in Parliament

Security of Scottish islands questioned in Parliament

Ministers were pressed in the Commons to clarify whether the government is reassessing the strategic significance of Shetland and surrounding waters, amid heightened Russian maritime activity and a renewed focus on the High North. Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael, whose Orkney and Shetland constituency includes the former RAF Saxa Vord site on Unst, said the islands had once formed the “front line” of UK defences during the Cold War. He n…