an independent Scottish Defence Force can only inherit equipment currently in use by the MOD
But, as with Trident, it will be used as a bargaining/negotiating chip. Give us
x, y or
z (which could even be hard cash, shared embassies, use of DVLA to produce Scottish licences, more rotary wing assets etc) and you can keep Typhoon.
Which is why, IMHO, the SNP/Yes Campaign are still confident of getting a currency union. They clearly believe they "have" something that the rUK desperately needs or wants but won't "give it up" unless they get a CU. Again, this could be Trident, a share of the oil revenue etc. All very simplistic, and probably quite childish, but that seems to have been the nature of this whole referendum (from both sides).