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Faslane Bay

Bay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

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Jan 18, 2026
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Does Scotland have the only nuclear submarine port in the Atlantic

Scotland’s HMNB Clyde (Faslane) is the Royal Navy’s principal base for nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines and hosts the facilities that support the UK’s Trident deterrent, including the near...

Jan 22, 2026
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What would be the estimated cost and timeline for the UK to develop an independent SLBM maintenance and production capability?

to maintain and produce SLBMs would be a major national industrial project likely to take most of a decade and cost at least several billion pounds — and plausibly tens of billions — depending on ambi...

Jan 23, 2026

What environmental and safety incidents have been reported at RNAD Coulport and HMNB Clyde, and how have regulators responded?

and have been the focus of reporting about from aging pipework at Coulport and a range of (NSERs) at , including a Category A event in early 2025; regulators — chiefly the and nuclear regulators worki...

Jan 17, 2026

What would independent Scotland armed forces comprise

An independent Scotland’s armed forces, as outlined by Scottish Government planning documents and party materials, would be a conventional three‑service force — land, sea and air — overseen by a Joint...

Dec 2, 2025

Has Rosyth or other UK yards had past incidents of radioactive contamination from naval reactors?

Radioactive contamination linked to radium-containing luminous aircraft dials was discovered at Dalgety Bay in 1990 and more than 1,600 contaminated items have been removed from that foreshore over ye...