‘Insensitive’ naval exercise LOCAL fishermen are powerless to stop a Royal Navy exercise which they have labelled ‘insensitive’ as it coincides with the inquiry into the Antares tragedy.
A navy spokesman said they had to make use of the good weather and stressed that no submarines were being used in the exercise, which includes a beach assault near Carradale.
The spokesman privately agreed that the manoeuvres were bad timing in light of the fatal accident inquiry, but the decision to go ahead had been taken at the highest level of the Ministry of Defence.