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UK does not want to move nuclear weapons from Scotland

‘No plans’ to move nuclear weapons from Scotland, BBC News, 15 July 2016
The UK government does not intend to make alternative plans for the storage of the UK’s nuclear weapons outside of Scotland, it has emerged.

The Scottish government opposes the Trident missile system and the storing of nuclear weapons in the country.

On Monday, MPs will vote on whether or not to renew Trident, which is based at Faslane on the Clyde.

No contingency plans for moving Trident were put in place in the run up to the 2014 Scottish independence vote. The Scottish government had pledged it would get rid of nuclear weapons if Scotland voted to leave the UK.

The MoD has said it was not anticipating another referendum and Faslane is the best place for the weapons to be based.

After the UK referendum vote to leave the EU, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a second independence referendum was now “highly likely”…….http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36800543

July 16, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK, weapons and war