By Daniel Blaney

The forthcoming Scottish referendum on independence has thrown up a new angle on the debate over Trident replacement. The home of Britain’s Vanguard submarines is the Faslane naval base west of Glasgowand the Royal Armaments Depot that stores the submarines Trident nuclear warheads is a few miles away at Coulport. Should Scotland choose independence in a referendum, an SNP administration would force the Ministry of Defence to seek a new base for Trident south of the border in England or [...]