Scotland No vote has halted a wider debate about Trident

Written by Andrew Futter. Nowhere was the relief over Scotland's decision last week to remain part of the United Kingdom more acutely felt than with those responsible for Britain's nuclear deterrent system, Trident. The Scottish National Party had promised that independence would lead to the removal of Trident submarines and the associated nuclear warhead storage facilities from their bases on the Clyde estuary, not far from Glasgow. Irrespective of various Ministry of Defence contingency plans, it would have been very difficult if not impossible to relocate them.

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Published 29 September 2014

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