Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Roadmap for Trident Removal

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Published on Wednesday, 10 July 2019 14:57

SNP CND have published a Roadmap for Trident Removal. This is a detailed map of how an independent Scotland can get rid of Trident. 

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KEY POINTS: 

• The key technical steps as described in the Disarming Trident report by Scottish CND
• The looming redundancy of submarines as a platform for nuclear weapons
• The transformation of the international mood with the adoption of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• How it fits neatly into current SNP policy for Scotland's future defence forces
• The need for an agreement with the remaining UK to safely dismantle the hulks at Rosyth and Devonport
• The credible nature of a distinctive Scottish, as opposed to British, defence diversification strategy
• Addressing, for the first time, the issue of the seven nuclear powered, but conventional tasked Astute Class hunter-killer submarines based at Faslane
• Looking at the prospect of NATO membership as a negotiating tool to rid Scotland of nuclear weapons, rather than the binary in/out perspective.