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if we stop being able to base the boats at Faslane the US may as well do it all themselves.
Someone here might have more current info than me, but the US has 14 ballistic missile subs; the UK has 4. The UK might scrap them to make a point or sell them to make a profit, but the US would definitely prefer if they stayed operational and in support of joint strategic missions.
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We are, effectively, a US nuclear outpost- if we stop being able to base the boats at Faslane the US may as well do it all themselves. We will continue to pay them for strike aircraft etc etc, so plenty of money flowing into their defence contractors from the UK still.
Of course Scottish Indy is very much not assured, but it’s solidly polling in the majority now, and they’d attract a good number of economic migrants I suspect if they offered citizenship in return for residence. One of these migrants would likely be me, keen to regain the rights I lose at the end of the year, and whilst my tax contributions are small in the scheme of things if my thinking is shared by others it could be significant overall.