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Originally Posted by RN7
I'd say that Fishery Protection ships based in Scotland were likely to have stayed there, as it a lot easier to send patrol ship to the North Atlantic and North Sea from Rosyth than from Portsmouth and Plymouth.
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I totally agree the ships would have stayed in Scotland, however if they're at an intact Rosyth without Options it's probably still a Royal Navy Squadron, which makes it much less likely that they would side with Scottish Separatists imho.
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Regarding sub bases, as almost all subs where on the bottom by the time of the nukes, my thoughts are their bases would hold only a secondary, even tertiary significance to strike planners. They're still important facilities, but without the vessels to service, their usefulness is dramatically decreased.
With only a limited exchange, and politics/military command restricting the number released for use, some hard decisions would have to be made on relative worth. An oil refinery is obviously much more important and so would suffer a strike, while an idle facility with little likelyhood of reactivation in the near term would score a pass.
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Leg, fair point.