A former senior NATO chief has slammed the SNP’s defence plans for a separate Scotland as “amateurish and unrealistic”.
General Sir Richard Shirreff, who was until recently NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, also said there is “no certainty about Scottish membership of NATO.”
General Shirreff – Key Points
On the timescale for any possible NATO membership for a separate Scotland:
“It is highly unlikely that NATO will agree to any further expansion while the promise of NATO membership made to Ukraine and Georgia in 2008 is still on the table.”
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