Mod Admits Fighters Use Cars and Homes As 'Targets' Raf: Training Raf: Training Rural Communities Brand Low-Flying Exercises 'Diabolical'

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VEHICLES and buildings across large parts of rural Scotland are deliberately used as practice targets by low-flying military jets, the Ministry of Defence has admitted.

Cars being driven along quiet roads, boats cruising through lochs and people living in countryside homes can all be buzzed by fighter pilots rehearsing for war in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Mod Admits Fighters Use Cars and Homes As 'Targets' Raf: Training Raf: Training Rural Communities Brand Low-Flying Exercises 'Diabolical'

The admission has outraged rural communities, who lambast low-fl ying as "diabolical" and "dangerous". And it has prompted a call from the Scottish National Party for the MoD to review its policy on low flying in Scotland....

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