Originally Posted by
Dominator2
HAS59
You seem to forget, the reason RAFG existed was to face a very real threat. Some to provide Air Defence and some to get them in range of their targets in the East.
If Scotland leaves the UK it would be a totally different situation. We would have little reason to maintain our Front Line forces in Scotland.
Give them the Hawk T1 fleet and let them get on with it. I'm sure that the European Army will defend them. That is of course if Scotland were ever accepted into the EU. I believe their economics are rather suspect!
Scotland will not be leaving the UK. The union of England and Scotland is called
Great Britain (Article 1, Act of Union, 1707). The term United Kingdom comes from the union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800, since the partition of Ireland in 1922 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Upon England gaining its independence from Scotland, the latter will qualify for circa 10% of the joint assets that have accrued in the 300 or so years the Union has persisted. This will include Defence assets. My question at times like this is, how would an independent England propose to defend itself from a real and growing threat from the north? QRA from Leeming is not very Q. In reality Lossie will continue to operate, as will Kinloss, Leuchars, Macrihanish, Tain, Saxa Vord, Faslane and Coulport, plus the shedloads of low flying areas on land and out over Scottish Coastal waters.
There will be either joint operating agreements or rental / leasing arrangements in place. Re NATO, how would one propose the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation operates without one of the most strategic land areas in the north Atlantic?
Re the EU, plenty of European partners have already indicated a smooth passage for an independent Scotland to rejoin as a successor state of a current member state. In reality, if Brexit goes ahead, the Westminster government is facing a nightmare scenario of IndyRef2 securing independence for Scotland and rejoining the EU fairly quickly. English and Welsh Companies then wishing to trade in the EU with no barriers would then relocate to Scotland. Oh, and for good measure, a border poll in Ireland would result in THAT country being reunited. One really should be careful what one wishes for.