Concerns Raised Over Massive NATO ‘War Games’ in Scotland
SputnikNews.com
10.10.2016
A massive NATO training exercise is underway in Scotland, sparking safety fears from anti-war campaigners in the country.
Around 5,700 military personnel, 67 aircraft and 31 warships and submarines are taking part in the bi-annual event.
Unmanned Warrior 2016, the Royal Navy’s first major exercise using drones and robots, is participating in the wider Operation Joint Warrior event.
Speaking to Sputnik, former Scottish National Party MSP Jean Urquhart, said that she found the exercises “concerning.”
Ms. Urquhart left the SNP in 2012 after the party reversed its long held opposition to an independent Scotland joining NATO.
“I don’t believe in NATO. I think it is American and aggressive. I appreciate there has to be exercises of an airforce and navy and so on. But the number of near misses in these exercises in the north-west highlands of Scotland isn’t good. And generally I don’t believe NATO is an organization that Scotland should be part of,” Ms. Urquhart told Sputnik.
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