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For any copyright, please send me a message. Trident nuclear submarines and munitions are currently based at HMNB Clyde, but all this would change in the event of an independent Scotland. Speaking to Sky News’s Sophie Ridge last week, Scotland’s First Minister reaffirmed her commitment to getting rid of the UK’s nuclear submarines, suggesting an agreement from Labour to do so would be a red line for the SNP to support Jeremy Corbyn in a coalition Government. She explained: “I have a moral objection to weapons of mass destruction. "I wouldn't be prepared to press a nuclear button that would kill potentially millions, tens of millions, of people. "But there's also the opportunity costs of Trident - the billions, tens of billions, that are required to renew Trident in my view are better spent on stronger, conventional defence that is more effective to protect our country but also hospitals and schools and better social security provision.” Monthly magazine Warships International Fleet Review considered the SNP’s plans via its regular Odin column. The magazine's defence experts pointed out SNP had complained about the reduction in the UK’s defence establishment ashore in Scotland while simultaneously committing to getting rid of all nuclear submarines on the Clyde, “the most significant presence of all”. Writer Odin added: “Does this mean the SNP will permit the attack submarines to stay if the SSBNs (the nuclear-armed submarines) depart and will demand more of the Royal Navy surface fleet is based there – despite Scotland divorcing itself from the UK? “Are the SNP secretly working on a Sevastopol-style lease-back idea (such as maintained between Russia and the Ukraine from 1991 to 2014)? We all saw how well that turned out." Such a move seemed inevitable because there would be no other way for Scotland’s tiny share of the current British fleet to protect the country after independence, unless the SNP involved Russian or Chinese ships to use the base currently occupied by HMNB Clyde as a way of subsidising it - a move which would be very badly received in London in any case. Odin added: “As ever, the SNP pretends to be concerned about the entire state of the British warships and auxiliary building industry, but the reality is it only cares about Scotland’s slice of the pie (which is already the biggest).” Additionally, when it came to reaping a “nuclear disarmament dividend”, Odin pointed out there was no mention in the SNP manifesto of investing saved billions in the conventional deterrent forces of the UK, including a “much-needed” expansion of the Royal Navy. Odin added: “Much of the billions saved from getting rid of Trident and its successor programme would have to be spent in England, to help the econom
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