Trident

Answer:
Scottish government policy is to remove Trident from Scotland. There will of course, need to be negotiations.

Full answer here: Will an independent Scotland have to keep nuclear weapons?



No Place for Trident; Scottish Independence and Nuclear Disarmament

Author / Creator: John Ainslie

Date published: 2014

This looks at the options for locating Trident and finds there are no acceptable places in the UK.


Trident: Nowhere to Go, 2nd Edition

Author / Creator: John Ainslie

Media type: Report

Date published: 2013

A landmark report examining potential alternative UK nuclear weapons bases if Faslane became unavailable following Scottish independence. It demonstrates that there would be no meaningful alternative – suggesting that Independence could hold the key to unravelling the whole of the UK’s nuclear programme. 

 


Trident: Still Nowhere to Go

Author / Creator: TPNW Working Group

Media type: Pamphlet

Date published: 2019

Based on the seminal work of John Ainslie, this pamphlet explains how Scottish independence could lead to the disarming of one of the...nuclear-armed states with the potential of a benign domino effect for global nuclear disarmament.

 


Roadmap for Trident Removal

Author / Creator: SNP CND Group

Date published: 2019

SNP CND road map for removal of the Trident and other nuclear warheads from Scotland


An independent Scotland is the key to a nuclear weapon free world

Author / Creator: Catherine Robertson

Media type: Article

Date published:

Scotland can be on the right side of history. We can ensure that these morally bankrupt weapons owned by the UK government are removed and destroyed once and for all.


In Defence of Scotland

Author / Creator: Independence Live

Media type: YouTube recording of the virtual conference

Date published:

A video conference discussing the defence of Scotland. Contributions from Scottish military veterans. Discussion on what a Scottish defence force would look like, NATO membership, and the Trident missles based on the clyde.