I agree, which is why the White Paper was complete nonsense. Not only did the sums not add up, but there were no practical proposals to generate those forces from an independent Scotland. Scotland would have information, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance capabilities and other assets but would have no capacity, because of the numbers involved, to analyse what was collected or what its purpose was. For example, it would need fast jets and other things. It was just bizarre, to be honest.
Armed Forces Bill
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Lord Beamish
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in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 October 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Armed Forces Bill.
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