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Saturday, January 14, 2012

'Bring N-subs back' call in Scots self-rule debate

Trafalgar-class submarineMinisters are under pressure to reinstate Devonport as a nuclear submarine base amid moves to break-up the United Kingdom.

Labour decided in 2009 that Faslane on the Clyde would be Britain's sole naval base for submarines, including the Trident nuclear deterrent, by 2017.

Three Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarines are being shifted there from Devonport in Plymouth. Within five years, the Westcountry base will only refit and refuel N-subs after being stripped of its status as home to operational submarines.

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