MoD needs yards
This contentious contract, which could still be scrapped by the US, is a good example of the worst type of MoD procurement. It has development and procurement money going to many European countries for all sorts of hardware, and has done for years. Tornado, Eurofighter and many missile projects all involve partnership countries. That Scotland would be excluded is a ludicrous assertion.
Scotland is the only place where it can get Type 45 and the future Type 26 built without establishing expensive facilities elsewhere using money it has not got.
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Hide AdThe MoD needs Scottish yards more than Scottish yards need it. There are many other types of ship which Scottish yards can build. The Clyde and the Forth are now the biggest military ship building and assembly areas in Britain and among the most important in northern Europe.
Bruce D Skivington
Strath
Gairloch, Wester Ross