Editing South Uist (section)

===MOD Hebrides===
[[File:South Ridge of Stulabhal - geograph.org.uk - 15963.jpg|thumb|right|East Coast]]
In the north west of the island at ({{Coord|57|20|N|07|20|W|region:GB_type:isle|display=inline}}), a missile testing range was built in 1957–58 to launch the [[MGM-5 Corporal]] missile, Britain and America's{{clarify|date=February 2017}} first guided nuclear weapon. This development went ahead despite significant protests, some locals expressing concern that the [[Scottish Gaelic]] language would not survive the influx of English-speaking Army personnel. The British Government claimed that there was an 'overriding national interest' in establishing a training range for their newly purchased Corporal, a weapon that was to be at the front line of [[Cold War]] defence. The Corporal missile was tested from 1959 to 1963, before giving way to [[MGM-29 Sergeant]] and [[MGM-52 Lance]] tactical nuclear missiles. The 'rocket range' as it is known locally has also been used to test high-altitude research rockets, [[Skua (rocket)|Skua]] and [[Petrel (rocket)|Petrel]]. Local opposition to the range inspired the 1957 novel ''[[Rockets Galore (novel)|Rockets Galore]]'' by [[Compton Mackenzie]], which was made into the film ''[[Rockets Galore!]]''.

[[MOD Hebrides]] is still owned by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MoD]] operated by [[QinetiQ]] as a testing facility for missile systems such as the surface-to-air [[Rapier missile]] and [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s.<ref>QinetiQ: Hebrides Operations{{Dead link|url=http://www.qinetiq.com/home/defence/test_and_evaluation/tande_services/singlesitefacilities/hebrides_facilities/hebrides_operations.html|date=August 2009}}</ref>