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Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Trident will be on Clyde for many years

Vanguard-class |The Trident nuclear deterrent would continue to be based in Scotland for many years after a vote for independence, the UK Government has warned.

The SNP has said it wants to rid Scotland of nuclear weapons but, in response to a Commons Scottish affairs select committee report on the impact of independence, the UK Government warned last night that moving the deterrent to a new site would cost at least £3.5 billion and take a long time.

The response said: “Any alternative solution would come at huge cost. It would be an enormous exercise to reproduce the facilities elsewhere. It would cost billions of pounds and take many years.”

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  1. lakshmi11/1/13 08:05

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