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.
Tranche 1 Typhoons (24), C-130s (14), and Pumas (20) shouldn't be an issue. We're scrapping a third of the Challenger IIs so they can have some tanks to play with. Haven't looked at RN cuts but they can probably have a couple of rusty boats to hoist the Saltire on.