Trident

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  John Major is right on independence: there's much to fear from a yes vote

  10 Sep 2014: Former Tory PM makes strong points – albeit chippishly – on the geopolitical problems Scotland would face post-independence

• Scottish independence would be disastrous for all UK, warns John Major

  10 Sep 2014: Former prime minister says loss of Trident nuclear programme would imminently weaken UK defence after yes referendum result

• If Scotland votes for independence: the key questions answered

  9 Sep 2014: It’s 19 September 2014. The Scottish people have voted for independence. Does David Cameron resign? Would sterling be legal tender in Scotland? Would you need a passport at Gretna Green? Guardian specialists answer the key questions thrown up by the ending of the union

• British military mulls implications of vote for Scottish independence

  4 Sep 2014: Much negotiation lies ahead if Scotland leaves the UK, not least a debate about the strategic benefits of nuclear weapons
  
  • Scottish voters contemplate nuclear option for Faslane

• Scottish independence: how would Scotland defend itself?

  4 Sep 2014: If the yes vote wins in September’s referendum, what is the future for Scotland’s defence bases – and what happens to Trident?

• Scottish voters contemplate the nuclear option for Faslane's Trident fleet

  4 Sep 2014:

  Peace camp outside base since 1982 sees yes vote as ending UK's entire nuclear deterrent but electorate is more ambivalent

  • British military mulls implications of Scottish independence

• Politicians must rethink Trident and our wider role in the world

  19 Aug 2014: Letters: An accident with a Trident submarine at Devonport does not bear thinking about

• The case for Trident is absurd. Scotland may help us get rid of it

  15 Aug 2014: Simon Jenkins: Prestige, not defence, is the only reason to keep this £100bn albatross. We may yet give thanks for Alex Salmond’s posturing

• Trident missiles 'could be relocated to Plymouth from independent Scotland'

  14 Aug 2014: Devonport is obvious alternative to Faslane for Britain's nuclear missiles, says Rusi thinktank, despite risk of 'accidental ignition'

• UK totally out of step on Trident

  3 Jul 2014: Letters: The Trident commission's report is out of kilter with public opinion

• A like-for-like Trident replacement isn't justifiable in terms of security or cost

  1 Jul 2014: Danny Alexander: The world has changed hugely since the cold war. We must reduce our submarine fleet and end continual at-sea deterrence

• UK's nuclear deterrent entirely dependent on the US – crossparty report

  1 Jul 2014:

  • Britain should renew Trident in face of possible 'nuclear blackmail', says report
  • Serious questions of credibility remain

• Trident gets thumbs up in report that will dismay anti-nuclear campaigners

  1 Jul 2014:

  Cross-party commission comes out in favour of keeping nuclear missile deterrent to prevent future security threats for Britain

• Salmond's leap

  Cartoon, 1 Jun 2014:

  Chris Riddell on the first minister's economic pledges for Scotland

• Euro elections: UK ties with US and Scotland also at stake

  21 May 2014:

  • US wants UK to stay in EU but is opposed to independent Scotland
  • SNP wants an independent Scotland to be in EU
  • UKIP wants UK (including Scotland) out of EU

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