Originally Posted by
Spartacan
It's worth reading the 2013 blueprint that the SNP produced for the Independence referendum:
SCOTLAND’S FUTURE. Your guide to an independent Scotland
The full read starts from page 232 but apparently the UK would be quite happy to hand Scotland the following hardware:
- 2 Frigates
- 4 Mine countermeasures vessels
- 2 offshore patrol vessels
- 6 patrol boats
- 1 deployable Brigade HQ
- 2 light armoured reconnaissance units
- 2 light artillery units
- 6 AAC HELICOPTERS
- 1 Typhoon squadron
- 6 C130 Hercules
- 1 RAF helicopter squadron
I don't think so, somehow.
1 RAF helicopter squadron in the 2020s? That's literally somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 the SH force depending on how you count it, so probably unrealistic!