The military used Ashaig as part of the Inner Sound of Raasay torpedo testing range.

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British Columbia's provincial government last year threatened to cancel its lease to the federal one of a torpedo-testing range used by the American navy.

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In May he gave notice that his province would cancel its lease to the feds of a torpedo-testing range near Vancouver used by the American navy.

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