What environmental and agricultural damage, if any, was caused by US Navy Ships shelling the Cape Wrath coast last week.

The Ministry of Defence land at Cape Wrath is used by all NATO forces and has been in use as a bombing range since at least 1933. I understand from the Ministry of Defence that the use of the range by US Navy ships last weekend was part of the normal activity on the range.I am assured by Scottish Natural Heritage that the controlled use of the range is consistent with the maintenance of the nature conservation value of the area, which has been classified as a Special Protection Area under the EC Birds Directive in recognition of the birdlife which co-exists successfully with the operation of the range.The range area is not in agricultural use.