PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - "Root & Branch review of defence spending announced"
Old 9th Jul 2009, 21:52
  #35 (permalink)  
Twon
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Here, there and everywhere
Posts: 65
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
OFO,

I'd be interested to know how the SNP would manage to get rid of the UK's deterrent. Are they likely to win the next general election in Westminster then? Even if they closed all RN and RAF bases in Scotland, I doubt any nuclear armed aggressor will make any real distinction between Scotland and the rest of the UK. Besides, nuclear weapons are not exactly known for their precision and the UK is a fairly small island; even a relatively small nuke in Cornwall would affect many north of the border.

Twon
Twon is offline