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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Nato warning for SNP over removing Trident

Vanguard class submarineSenior Nato officials have warned Alex Salmond that an independent Scotland would not be allowed to join it if the SNP carried out its plan to remove Trident nuclear submarines from Faslane on the Clyde.

The blow to the First Minister’s hopes came at a secret meeting between Scottish Government officials and Nato officials at their headquarters in Brussels within the last few weeks.

The Holyrood delegation was told that no new member would be allowed to join if it had unresolved military or territorial disputes with other countries.

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