UK armed forces would be in independent Scotland for decades

The UK’s armed forces would likely remain in Scotland for at least 20 years if the country became independent, the deputy director general of a leading defence think tank has said. Professor Malcolm Chalmers also said Trident could stay in an independent Scotland for more than a decade because of the difficulties in finding a new home for the nuclear deterrent. The deputy director general of the Royal United Services Institute was responding to the Scottish Government’s latest prospectus paper on independence.