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Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2014: 102-108

Unfulfilled Ambitions of Scottish Defence PolicyReviewed - Other

Mgr. Bc. Ondřej Svoboda

In the September Scottish referendum of its separation from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the majority of Scottish voters decided against these efforts. But in case of success, Scottish nationalists originally projected considerable military forces. A five-million nation should have had defence budget of 2.5 billion pounds a year, which is in fact roughly a double of the Czech defence budget! During subsequent ten years after independence, the new Scottish Government planned armed forces of 15,000 regular and another five thousand reserve personnel. The article focuses on this rather unknown dimension of Scottish independence debate.

Keywords: Scottish military forces, defence policy, United Kingdom referendum, independence, NATO, Trident.

Published: December 15, 2014  Show citation

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Svoboda, O. (2014). Unfulfilled Ambitions of Scottish Defence Policy. Czech Military Review, 95(4), 102-108
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