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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the armed forces of the pre-Union <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a>, see <a href="/wiki/Scots_Army" title="Scots Army">Scots Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Navy" title="Royal Scots Navy">Royal Scots Navy</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Queen%E2%80%99s_Baton_Relay_is_travelling_all_over_Scotland_(14236157797).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/The_Queen%E2%80%99s_Baton_Relay_is_travelling_all_over_Scotland_%2814236157797%29.jpg/309px-The_Queen%E2%80%99s_Baton_Relay_is_travelling_all_over_Scotland_%2814236157797%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="309" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/The_Queen%E2%80%99s_Baton_Relay_is_travelling_all_over_Scotland_%2814236157797%29.jpg/464px-The_Queen%E2%80%99s_Baton_Relay_is_travelling_all_over_Scotland_%2814236157797%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/The_Queen%E2%80%99s_Baton_Relay_is_travelling_all_over_Scotland_%2814236157797%29.jpg/618px-The_Queen%E2%80%99s_Baton_Relay_is_travelling_all_over_Scotland_%2814236157797%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3803" data-file-height="1793" /></a><figcaption>Soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_Royal_Artillery" title="105th Regiment Royal Artillery">105th Regiment Royal Artillery</a> at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle" title="Edinburgh Castle">Edinburgh Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edinburgh_Tattoo_2010_(4946186544).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Edinburgh_Tattoo_2010_%284946186544%29.jpg/309px-Edinburgh_Tattoo_2010_%284946186544%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="309" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Edinburgh_Tattoo_2010_%284946186544%29.jpg/464px-Edinburgh_Tattoo_2010_%284946186544%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Edinburgh_Tattoo_2010_%284946186544%29.jpg/618px-Edinburgh_Tattoo_2010_%284946186544%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3497" data-file-height="1999" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Royal_Edinburgh_Military_Tattoo" title="Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo">Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atholl_Highlanders_inspection_2017-05-27.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Atholl_Highlanders_inspection_2017-05-27.jpg/309px-Atholl_Highlanders_inspection_2017-05-27.jpg" decoding="async" width="309" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Atholl_Highlanders_inspection_2017-05-27.jpg/464px-Atholl_Highlanders_inspection_2017-05-27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Atholl_Highlanders_inspection_2017-05-27.jpg/618px-Atholl_Highlanders_inspection_2017-05-27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6925" data-file-height="4617" /></a><figcaption>The Atholl Highlanders on parade in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the passing of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union" title="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a> in 1707 which unified the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a> to the create the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a>, Scottish armed forces were merged with the English armed forces and remain part of the overall <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">British Armed Forces</a>. The armed forces in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> include military bases and units based in or associated with the country from all three services; The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> (regular and <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Army Reserve</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>. These consist primarily of servicemen and women from Scotland. </p><p>Roughly there are 11,100 Scottish soldiers part of the Regular Armed Forces, 4,000 <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defence">Ministry of Defence</a> civilian personnel, 2,200 trained Volunteer Reserves and 11,500 Cadets that make up Scotland's military contributions. By 2020, Scotland's Regular Armed Forces personnel was expected to rise to 12,500, whilst the number of Trained Volunteer Reserves was projected to increase to 4,250. In 2014, the total number of army personnel in Scotland was 17,300.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scotland's geographical proximity to the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic">North Atlantic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/High_North" class="mw-redirect" title="High North">High North</a> make it an important component of the overall United Kingdom's defence and security. Military bases in Scotland, including <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">RAF Lossiemouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Clyde" title="HMNB Clyde">HMNB Clyde</a> are significant to the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organisation">North Atlantic Treaty Organisation</a> (NATO) northward defence. The country is home to 113 military establishments, including the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/Trident_(UK_nuclear_programme)" title="Trident (UK nuclear programme)">Trident nuclear power programme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Wrath" title="Cape Wrath">Cape Wrath</a> which is the only naval gunfire and firing range in the UK, the <a href="/wiki/Benbecula" title="Benbecula">Benbecula</a> live fire range for the <a href="/wiki/Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple Launch Rocket System">Multiple Launch Rocket System</a> and a NATO exercise area in Galloway Forest.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2020, Scotland is home to one of only three <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> main bases whereby all submarines of the Royal Navy are based in Scotland, one of the seven Adaptable Force Brigades of the British Army and a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> fast jet main operating base.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Scots_Army" title="Scots Army">Scots Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Navy" title="Royal Scots Navy">Royal Scots Navy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adolph_Tidemand_%26_Morten_M%C3%BCller_Sinclairs_landing_i_Romsdal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Adolph_Tidemand_%26_Morten_M%C3%BCller_Sinclairs_landing_i_Romsdal.jpg/220px-Adolph_Tidemand_%26_Morten_M%C3%BCller_Sinclairs_landing_i_Romsdal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Adolph_Tidemand_%26_Morten_M%C3%BCller_Sinclairs_landing_i_Romsdal.jpg/330px-Adolph_Tidemand_%26_Morten_M%C3%BCller_Sinclairs_landing_i_Romsdal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Adolph_Tidemand_%26_Morten_M%C3%BCller_Sinclairs_landing_i_Romsdal.jpg/440px-Adolph_Tidemand_%26_Morten_M%C3%BCller_Sinclairs_landing_i_Romsdal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1090" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption>A depiction of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a>'s invasion of <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> conducted in 1612</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kingdom_of_Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Kingdom of Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1262, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a> <a href="/wiki/Scottish%E2%80%93Norwegian_War" title="Scottish–Norwegian War">invaded Norway</a> beginning a war which lasted until 1266 and resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Perth" title="Treaty of Perth">Treaty of Perth</a>. Conflict between Scotland and <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> began over disagreements of who controlled the <a href="/wiki/Hebrides" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a> off the coast of Scotland, however, Scotland later recognised Norwegian sovereignty over both <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a>, purchasing the islands from Norway for a sum of 4,000 <a href="/wiki/Mark_(currency)" title="Mark (currency)">marks</a>. Under the terms of the Treaty of Perth, Norway acknowledged Scottish sovereignty over territory it had disputed with Scotland. The payment was paid over the course of subsequent decades, until its cancellation as part of the agreement for the marriage of <a href="/wiki/James_III_of_Scotland" title="James III of Scotland">James III of Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Margaret_of_Denmark,_Queen_of_Scotland" title="Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland">Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland</a> in 1469.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before relinquishing its independence in 1707, the Kingdom of Scotland was an independent <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign state</a> and over the course of its history had engaged in various military battles with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a>, particularly over the issue of the <a href="/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence" title="Wars of Scottish Independence">Wars of Scottish Independence</a>. The <a href="/wiki/First_War_of_Scottish_Independence" title="First War of Scottish Independence">First War of Scottish Independence</a> began following the <a href="/wiki/English_invasion_of_Scotland_(1296)" title="English invasion of Scotland (1296)">English invasion of Scotland in 1296</a> until the <i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i> restoration of Scottish independence with the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Edinburgh%E2%80%93Northampton" title="Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton">Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton</a> in 1328, lasting a total of thirty-two years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">De facto</a></i> independence was established in 1314 at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn" title="Battle of Bannockburn">Battle of Bannockburn</a>. The wars were caused by the attempts of the English kings to establish their authority over Scotland while Scots fought to keep English rule and authority out of Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCscot_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCscot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Second_War_of_Scottish_Independence" title="Second War of Scottish Independence">second war</a> between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England began in 1332 following the invasion of Scotland by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Balliol" title="Edward Balliol">Edward Balliol</a> and lasted until 1357. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs" title="List of English monarchs">King of England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward III">Edward III</a>, invaded Scotland in 1333 and besieged the important trading town of <a href="/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed" title="Berwick-upon-Tweed">Berwick</a>. A large Scottish army attempted to relieve it but was heavily defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Halidon_Hill" title="Battle of Halidon Hill">Battle of Halidon Hill</a>. Scotland had established an alliance with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">Kingdom of France</a>, known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Auld_Alliance" title="Auld Alliance">Auld Alliance</a></i>. France was unhappy about an English expansion into Scotland and so covertly supported and financed the loyalists of <a href="/wiki/David_II_of_Scotland" title="David II of Scotland">David II of Scotland</a>. Allies of <a href="/wiki/John_Balliol" title="John Balliol">John Balliol</a> fell out among themselves and Balliol lost control of most of Scotland by late 1334. In early 1335, the French attempted to broker a peace but failed. Further French-sponsored peace talks failed in 1336 and by May 1337, King <a href="/wiki/Philip_VI_of_France" title="Philip VI of France">Philip VI</a> of France engineered a clear break between France and England, starting the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scots_Army">Scots Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Scots Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland_(1660-1689).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland_%281660-1689%29.svg/190px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland_%281660-1689%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="190" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland_%281660-1689%29.svg/285px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland_%281660-1689%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland_%281660-1689%29.svg/380px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland_%281660-1689%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland">Royal Coat of Arms</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a> (1660-1689)</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union_1707" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Union 1707">Treaty of Union 1707</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a>'s army was the <a href="/wiki/Scots_Army" title="Scots Army">Scots Army</a> and their navy was the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Navy" title="Royal Scots Navy">Royal Scots Navy</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Scotland)" title="Restoration (Scotland)">Restoration</a> in 1660 the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Scotland" title="Privy Council of Scotland">Privy Council of Scotland</a> established a force of several infantry regiments and a few troops of horse to act as a <a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">standing army</a>. These included a troop of <a href="/wiki/4th_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="4th Troop of Horse Guards">Life Guards</a>, a second troop of which was raised in 1661, Lieutenant-general <a href="/wiki/William_Drummond,_1st_Viscount_Strathallan" title="William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan">William Drummond</a>'s Regiment of Horse, five independent troops of horse, a regiment of Foot Guards, later known as the <a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Guards_(France)" title="Scottish Guards (France)">Le Regiment de Douglas</a>, formed and serving in France since 1633, which returned and eventually became the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots" title="Royal Scots">Royal Regiment of Foot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lawson1967p57_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson1967p57-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were also attempts to found a national <a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">militia</a> of 20,000 foot and 2,000 horse on the <a href="/wiki/Militia_(English)" class="mw-redirect" title="Militia (English)">English model</a>. The standing army was mainly employed in the suppression of <a href="/wiki/Covenanters" title="Covenanters">Covenanter</a> rebellions and the guerrilla war undertaken by the <a href="/wiki/Cameronian" title="Cameronian">Cameronians</a> in the East.<sup id="cite_ref-Furgol2001pp637-82_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furgol2001pp637-82-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition a "Foote Company of Highland Men" was raised<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson1967p57_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson1967p57-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three troops of Scots Dragoons in 1678. Another three were added to make <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Greys" title="Royal Scots Greys">The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons</a> in 1681, by which point they were already mounted on grey horses that would give them their name of the Royal Scots Greys.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the eve of the <a href="/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">Glorious Revolution</a> the standing army in Scotland was about 3,000 men in various regiments and another 268 veterans in the major garrison towns, at an annual cost of about £80,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Young2001pp24-5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Young2001pp24-5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Treaty_of_Union">Treaty of Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Treaty of Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union" title="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a></div> <p>Under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union" title="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a> between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England, the Scots Army was integrated with the English army and became part of the British Armed Forces.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a <a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">referendum on devolution for Scotland</a> in 1997, a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> was re–established together with an <a href="/wiki/Scottish_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish government">executive</a> which operate under the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a>. </p><p>Defence and national security remain reserved matters under the Scotland Act 1998 which mean they are the overall responsibility of the UK parliament and reserved matters are set out in schedule 5 of the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK Government claims that Scotland's geography, and military capabilities is important for the UK and NATO's defence and security in the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic">North Atlantic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/High_North" class="mw-redirect" title="High North">High North</a>. The UK government identified the following factors that may influence priorities in these regions; </p> <ul><li>Increasing Russian hostilities</li> <li>Chinese interest in Arctic politics</li> <li>New sea routes & traffic (including new routes opened by retreating ice)</li> <li>Resource competition</li> <li>Vulnerability of offshore and subsea infrastructure e.g. <a href="/wiki/2022_Nord_Stream_pipeline_sabotage" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage">2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage</a><sup id="cite_ref-:8_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <abbr>UK</abbr> Government made a pledge of 12,500 regular armed forces by 2020 which not been meet and has thus been criticised by the Scottish government.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_Saddleworth_Moor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_Saddleworth_Moor.jpg/220px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_Saddleworth_Moor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_Saddleworth_Moor.jpg/330px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_Saddleworth_Moor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_Saddleworth_Moor.jpg/440px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_Saddleworth_Moor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="2267" /></a><figcaption>Soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Royal Regiment of Scotland">Royal Regiment of Scotland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Scottish government argues that Westminster's commitment to nuclear weapons has led to other aspects of Scottish defence weakened and that Trident renewal will reduce funding for conventional equipment and the number service personnel. They also claim that "cost overruns are endemic and major projects have been significantly delayed" and uses the example of two aircraft carriers built before availability of aircraft for them.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Royal Regiment of Scotland">Royal Regiment of Scotland</a> – the most <a href="/wiki/British_Army_order_of_precedence" title="British Army order of precedence">senior</a> and only <a href="/wiki/Scottish_regiment" title="Scottish regiment">Scottish regiment</a> <a href="/wiki/Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">line infantry</a> of the British Army – consists of several <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a>, namely, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Highland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Highland Fusiliers">Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 SCOTS)</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch (3 SCOTS)</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons)" title="Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)">Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) (4 SCOTS)</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders">Balaklava Company, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (5 SCOTS)</a>. The reserve battalions include the <a href="/wiki/52nd_Lowland_Volunteers" title="52nd Lowland Volunteers">52nd Lowland Volunteers, 6th Battalion</a> (6 SCOTS), the <a href="/wiki/51st_Highland_Volunteers" title="51st Highland Volunteers">51st Highland Volunteers, 7th Battalion</a> (7 SCOTS), the <a href="/wiki/Band_of_the_Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland">Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lowland_Band_of_the_Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland">Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland</a>. The Royal Scots Borderers (1 SCOTS) was disbanded in 2021, with its personnel forming the <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_Ranger_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Battalion, Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)">1st Battalion</a> of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Ranger_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)">Ranger Regiment</a> (1 RANGERS).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a> is one of the five <a href="/wiki/Foot_guards#United_Kingdom" title="Foot guards">Foot Guards</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiments</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England_and_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles I of England and Scotland">Charles I of England and Scotland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_Government_role">Scottish Government role</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scottish Government role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Veterans_(Scotland)" title="Minister for Veterans (Scotland)">Minister for Veterans (Scotland)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3_SCOTS_on_Operation_Inherent_Resolve_MOD_45165964.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/3_SCOTS_on_Operation_Inherent_Resolve_MOD_45165964.jpg/220px-3_SCOTS_on_Operation_Inherent_Resolve_MOD_45165964.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/3_SCOTS_on_Operation_Inherent_Resolve_MOD_45165964.jpg/330px-3_SCOTS_on_Operation_Inherent_Resolve_MOD_45165964.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/3_SCOTS_on_Operation_Inherent_Resolve_MOD_45165964.jpg/440px-3_SCOTS_on_Operation_Inherent_Resolve_MOD_45165964.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5672" data-file-height="3295" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch</a> (3 SCOTS) soldier at <a href="/wiki/Al_Asad_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Asad Air Base">Al Asad Air Base</a>, during Operation Inherent Resolve</figcaption></figure> <p>Whilst deference and security remains a reserved matter to the UK Government under the terms of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scottish Government does have a role to play in terms of supporting Scotland's military personnel and veterans.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Scottish Government advocates that it "aims to put the needs of the armed forces and veterans community at the forefront of policy thinking, development and delivery" as it "recognises the sacrifice of the armed forces, veterans and their families".<sup id="cite_ref-Scottish_Government_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scottish_Government-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A junior ministerial post was created in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> under <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Veterans_(Scotland)" title="Minister for Veterans (Scotland)">Minister for Veterans</a> provides an update to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> annually on the governments work relating to community support for Scotland's personnel and veterans. The Minister for Veterans is responsible for ensuring Scottish Government support is in place for veterans and currently serving personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main objectives of the Scottish Government through its policy approach to supporting Scottish military personnel and veterans is:<sup id="cite_ref-Scottish_Government_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scottish_Government-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>to ensure no individual faces disadvantage if they are either current service personnel or veterans, and their families in Scotland are able to access public services and support</li> <li>that Scotland is viewed as a ‘destination of choice’ for service leavers and their families</li> <li>to provide substantial and visible Scottish Government support and services for the armed forces community</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence">Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a> and <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vanguard_at_Faslane_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vanguard_at_Faslane_03.jpg/220px-Vanguard_at_Faslane_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vanguard_at_Faslane_03.jpg/330px-Vanguard_at_Faslane_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vanguard_at_Faslane_03.jpg/440px-Vanguard_at_Faslane_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2625" data-file-height="1864" /></a><figcaption>The SNP–led Scottish Government campaigns for the removal of <a href="/wiki/Trident_(UK_nuclear_programme)" title="Trident (UK nuclear programme)">Trident</a> from <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Clyde" title="HMNB Clyde">HMNB Clyde</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Gare_Loch" title="Gare Loch">Gare Loch</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the event of Scotland <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">regaining its independence</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> would establish a Scottish Armed Forces and work with the UK Government for the transfer of defence personnel to the newly established Scottish armed forces. A Defence and Security Review would be conduced by the Scottish Government to examine the components required for deference and security of an independent Scotland. The Scottish Government has long advocated for the removal of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons">nuclear weapons</a> from Scotland, such as the Trident nuclear programme.<sup id="cite_ref-An_independent_Scotland's_place_in_the_world_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-An_independent_Scotland's_place_in_the_world-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is proposed the make up of the Scottish Armed Forces would include land, sea and air components which would be overseen by the creation of a new Joint Forces Headquarters. The Scottish Security and Intelligence Agency would serve as the security and intelligence body of the Scottish Government.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Scottish Government advocates for an independent Scotland joining the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organisation">North Atlantic Treaty Organisation</a> (NATO) and would begin a process of discussions and negations with NATO and its membership countries for Scotland's accession. An independent Scotland would commit 2% of its <a href="/wiki/Gross_Domestic_Product" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross Domestic Product">Gross Domestic Product</a> (GDP) towards defence spending in accordance with the commitment from NATO to invest in defence capabilities. Additionally, the Scottish Government supports membership of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU) for an independent Scotland, and as such, would participate within the <a href="/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy" title="Common Security and Defence Policy">Common Security and Defence Policy</a> of the EU. Following independence, the Scottish Government pledges the continuation of a robust and strong partnership between the Scottish and British Armed Forces, along with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, towards the security and protection of the wider <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-An_independent_Scotland's_place_in_the_world_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-An_independent_Scotland's_place_in_the_world-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, the Scottish Government's <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Constitution,_External_Affairs_and_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture">Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angus_Robertson" title="Angus Robertson">Angus Robertson</a>, confirmed that an independent Scotland would only involve itself in international overseas operations that "were lawful" and if any military action was supported by both <a href="/wiki/Scottish_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish cabinet">the cabinet of the government</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-An_independent_Scotland's_place_in_the_world_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-An_independent_Scotland's_place_in_the_world-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview_of_Scottish_military">Overview of Scottish military</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Overview of Scottish military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presence">Presence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Presence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The military presence in Scotland as of 2021 consisted of the following: </p> <ul><li>10,440 Regular Armed Forces personnel</li> <li>5,320 Reserve Personnel</li> <li>4,030 Civilian Personnel</li></ul> <p>As of April 2021, the Regular Armed Forces in Scotland included; 3,790 in the Army, 4,270 in the Navy and 2,060 in the Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expenditure">Expenditure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Expenditure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_in_Europe_by_military_expenditures" title="List of countries in Europe by military expenditures">List of countries in Europe by military expenditures</a></div><p>The following table lists the annual public expenditure allocated to Scotland from 2013/14 to 2021/22 according to the <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a> and below is the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)</a> expenditure in Scotland itself: </p><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>2013/14 </th> <th>2014/15 </th> <th>2015/16 </th> <th>2016/17 </th> <th>2017/18 </th> <th>2018/19 </th> <th>2019/20 </th> <th>2020/21 </th> <th>2021/22 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Allocated to Scotland £m (current price)</b><sup id="cite_ref-:5_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3,021 </td> <td>3,034 </td> <td>3,021 </td> <td>3,055 </td> <td>3,174 </td> <td>3,293 </td> <td>3,451 </td> <td>3,630 </td> <td>3,972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Spent in Scotland £m (% of UK spend)</b><sup id="cite_ref-:6_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,316 </td> <td>1,407 </td> <td>1,523 </td> <td>1,585 </td> <td>1,649 </td> <td>1,758 </td> <td>2,066 </td> <td>1,989 </td> <td>2,010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Difference £m<sup id="cite_ref-:5_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </td> <td>1,705 </td> <td>1,627 </td> <td>1,498 </td> <td>1,470 </td> <td>1,525 </td> <td>1,535 </td> <td>1,385 </td> <td>1,641 </td> <td>1,962 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_policy">Government policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UK government views the UK's defence as being "stronger and safer" with cooperative Scottish participation in the combined defence and security of the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK government claims for 2021/22 that defence spending per capita was £370 in Scotland and £310 for the whole of the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, then First Minister <a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a> said that an independent Scotland would aim to maintain 2% GDP defence spending to meet the <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> target.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Army">Army</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_at_Edinburgh_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4113887.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_at_Edinburgh_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4113887.jpg/220px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_at_Edinburgh_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4113887.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_at_Edinburgh_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4113887.jpg/330px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_at_Edinburgh_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4113887.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_at_Edinburgh_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4113887.jpg/440px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_at_Edinburgh_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4113887.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Royal Regiment of Scotland">Royal Regiment of Scotland</a> at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle" title="Edinburgh Castle">Edinburgh Castle</a></figcaption></figure><p>The centre of Army operations in Scotland is <a href="/wiki/Leuchars_Station" title="Leuchars Station">Leuchars Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a>, the base for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Scots Dragoon Guards">Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</a>, which also houses <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers">Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</a><b>,</b> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Police" title="Royal Military Police">Royal Military Police</a> units.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robin_Lindsay_(British_Army_officer)" title="Robin Lindsay (British Army officer)">Robin Lindsay</a> is the Military Secretary and General Officer Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policy">Policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2021, UK Defence Secretary <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(politician)" title="Ben Wallace (politician)">Ben Wallace</a> made a commitment that the number of battalions stationed in Scotland would increase from six to seven units and that the Army in Scotland would be a "greater proportion of the Army than today". He also said that <a href="/wiki/Kinloss_Barracks" title="Kinloss Barracks">Kinloss</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leuchars_Station" title="Leuchars Station">Leuchars</a> bases would be expanded.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Redford_Barracks" title="Redford Barracks">Redford Barracks</a> is set to close in 2029 and <a href="/wiki/Fort_George,_Highland" title="Fort George, Highland">Fort George</a> is set to close in 2032 as part of the UK government's Future Soldier plan.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch</a> battalion will relocate from <a href="/wiki/Fort_George,_Highland" title="Fort George, Highland">Fort George</a> barracks to <a href="/wiki/Leuchars_Station" title="Leuchars Station">Leuchars</a> (both in Scotland) in 2029. This would mean closure of Fort George in 2029 rather than 2032 as originally planned and the return of the Black Watch to the traditional recruiting area of <a href="/wiki/Tayside" title="Tayside">Tayside</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_units">Scottish units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Scottish units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Units_based_in_Scotland">Units based in Scotland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Units based in Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_freedom_Stirling.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_freedom_Stirling.jpg/220px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_freedom_Stirling.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_freedom_Stirling.jpg/330px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_freedom_Stirling.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_freedom_Stirling.jpg/440px-Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland_freedom_Stirling.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Royal Regiment of Scotland receives the Freedom of the City of <a href="/wiki/Stirling" title="Stirling">Stirling</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Headquarters, <a href="/wiki/51st_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_Scotland" title="51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland">51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Scots Dragoon Guards">Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_and_North_Irish_Yeomanry" title="Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry">Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Royal Regiment of Scotland">Royal Regiment of Scotland</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Highland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Highland Fusiliers">Highland Fusiliers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons)" title="Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)">Highlanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders">Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/52nd_Lowland_Volunteers" title="52nd Lowland Volunteers">52nd Lowland Volunteers</a>, <a href="/wiki/51st_Highland_Volunteers" title="51st Highland Volunteers">51st Highland Volunteers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_Royal_Artillery" title="105th Regiment Royal Artillery">105th Regiment Royal Artillery</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Signal_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="32nd Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)">32 Signal Regiment</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/154_(Scottish)_Regiment_RLC" title="154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC">154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71_Engineer_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="71 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)">71 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>215 (Scottish) Multi-Role Medical Regiment<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Units_based_in_England">Units based in England</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Units based in England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Regiment_Royal_Artillery" title="19th Regiment Royal Artillery">19th Regiment Royal Artillery</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barracks">Barracks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Barracks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle" title="Edinburgh Castle">Edinburgh Castle</a> - the army is responsible for the Barrack Block, GOC/Officers Mess, Royal Scots Headquarters, Royal Scots Museum, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum, The Gunners house, Army Education Centre, Guardroom (part-shared with Historic Scotland).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinloss_Barracks" title="Kinloss Barracks">Kinloss Barracks</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glencorse_Barracks" title="Glencorse Barracks">Glencorse Barracks</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreghorn_Barracks" title="Dreghorn Barracks">Dreghorn Barracks</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Barracks" title="Cameron Barracks">Cameron Barracks</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leuchars_Station" title="Leuchars Station">Leuchars Station</a><sup id="cite_ref-:4_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_George,_Highland" title="Fort George, Highland">Fort George, Highland</a> (set to close in 2032)<sup id="cite_ref-:9_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redford_Barracks" title="Redford Barracks">Redford Barracks</a> (set to close in 2029)<sup id="cite_ref-:2_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army_Reserve_centres">Army Reserve centres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Army Reserve centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Barracks" title="Queen's Barracks">Queen's Barracks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_units_based_in_Scotland">English units based in Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: English units based in Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>3rd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Rifles" title="The Rifles">The Rifles</a><sup id="cite_ref-:11_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A Company, 4th Battalion, the <a href="/wiki/Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)">Parachute Regiment</a><sup id="cite_ref-:11_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_Military_Intelligence_Battalion" title="5 Military Intelligence Battalion">5 Military Intelligence Battalion</a><sup id="cite_ref-:11_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Army Personnel Centre, Glasgow<sup id="cite_ref-:11_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royal_Navy">Royal Navy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Royal Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations_and_policy">Operations and policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Operations and policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMNB_Clyde.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/HMNB_Clyde.jpg/209px-HMNB_Clyde.jpg" decoding="async" width="209" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/HMNB_Clyde.jpg/314px-HMNB_Clyde.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/HMNB_Clyde.jpg/418px-HMNB_Clyde.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="792" /></a><figcaption>Faslane naval base is the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> in Scotland</figcaption></figure> <p>The Clyde naval base (Faslane) houses the nuclear-armed Vanguard 15 class submarines that form the "At-Sea Nuclear Deterrent". The base also houses the Astute Class of attack submarines and a frigate acting as a Towed Array Patrol ship operates that protect Trident-equipped submarines and perform anti-submarine activities.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to retreat of arctic ice, it is possible that maritime activity in the High North will increase with a further emphasis on RN activities from Scotland. This is made more likely by Russian emphasis on arctic naval activity.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trident">Trident</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Trident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trident_(UK_nuclear_programme)" title="Trident (UK nuclear programme)">Trident (UK nuclear programme)</a></div> <p>The Scottish government and a cross-party majority in the Scottish Parliament is opposed to having nuclear weapons in Scotland. In the event of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a>, which is supported by the Scottish government, the nuclear programme will be moved out of Scotland "at pace".<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SNP have claimed that Scotland spends £180m annually on Trident alone, and so £180m would be saved each year with the removal of Trident and independence.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the event of Scottish independence, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">MOD</a> of the UK's preferred option would be to move the at-sea nuclear deterrent base to <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">Devonport naval base</a> in Plymouth. The UK government has no plans to move Trident otherwise.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bases_&_establishments"><span id="Bases_.26_establishments"></span>Bases & establishments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bases & establishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMNB_Clyde" title="HMNB Clyde">HMNB Clyde (Faslane)</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/RNAD_Coulport" title="RNAD Coulport">RNAD Coulport</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM_Condor" title="RM Condor">RM Condor</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dalriada" title="HMS Dalriada">HMS Dalriada</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BUTEC" title="BUTEC">British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre (BUTEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Caledonia_(base)" title="HMS Caledonia (base)">HMS Caledonia</a> & <a href="/wiki/HMS_Scotia_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Scotia (shore establishment)">HMS Scotia</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Royal_Naval_Unit_East_Scotland" title="University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland">University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>University Royal Naval Unit Glasgow<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tain" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Tain">RAF Tain</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royal_Air_Force">Royal Air Force</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Royal Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tornado_GR4_Over_RAF_Lossiemouth_MOD_45150789.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Tornado_GR4_Over_RAF_Lossiemouth_MOD_45150789.jpg/220px-Tornado_GR4_Over_RAF_Lossiemouth_MOD_45150789.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Tornado_GR4_Over_RAF_Lossiemouth_MOD_45150789.jpg/330px-Tornado_GR4_Over_RAF_Lossiemouth_MOD_45150789.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Tornado_GR4_Over_RAF_Lossiemouth_MOD_45150789.jpg/440px-Tornado_GR4_Over_RAF_Lossiemouth_MOD_45150789.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Lossiemouth air base</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations_and_policy_2">Operations and policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Operations and policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>RAF assets in Scotland operate in defence of the North Atlantic and the High North via; surveillance, anti-submarine warfare and Quick Reaction Alert jets from Lossiemouth base, which is the primary air base in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Air Officer Scotland is Air-Vice Marshall <a href="/wiki/Ross_Paterson_(RAF_officer)" title="Ross Paterson (RAF officer)">Ross Paterson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="GIUK_gap">GIUK gap</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: GIUK gap"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Surveillance of the <a href="/wiki/GIUK_gap" title="GIUK gap">Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap (GIUK gap)</a> also occurs from Lossiemouth which contributes to Iceland's policing. The P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is used in the GIUK gap and for anti-submarine warfare. Norwegian P-8As also use facilities at Lossiemouth, and the RAF also uses Norwegian bases. The Norwegian Ambassador says this provides cost savings and operational flexibility.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kirknewton" title="RAF Kirknewton">RAF Kirknewton</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">RAF Lossiemouth</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including: <a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAF">No. 1 Squadron RAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAF">No. 2 Squadron RAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAF">No. 6 Squadron RAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 8 Squadron RAF">No. 8 Squadron RAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RAF">No. 9 Squadron RAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._51_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" title="No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._120_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 120 Squadron RAF">No. 120 Squadron RAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._201_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 201 Squadron RAF">No. 201 Squadron RAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._2622_Squadron_RAuxAF_Regiment" title="No. 2622 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment">No. 2622 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment</a>, 4 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Police" title="Royal Air Force Police">RAF Police</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tain_Air_Weapons_Range" title="Tain Air Weapons Range">Tain Air Weapons Range</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bases">Bases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Bases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RRH_Benbecula" title="RRH Benbecula">RRH Benbecula</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RRH_Buchan" title="RRH Buchan">RRH Buchan</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Saxa_Vord" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Saxa Vord">RAF Saxa Vord</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_64-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leuchars_Station" title="Leuchars Station">Leuchars Diversion Airfield</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_64-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">RAF Lossiemouth</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_64-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Prestwick" title="RAF Prestwick">RAF Prestwick</a><sup id="cite_ref-:3_64-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exercises">Exercises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Exercises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twice a year <a href="/wiki/Exercise_Joint_Warrior" title="Exercise Joint Warrior">Exercise Joint Warrior</a> utilises the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Air Force and British Army, in cooperation with forces from 13 other countries in order to test NATO's '<a href="/wiki/NATO_Response_Force" title="NATO Response Force">Very High Readiness</a>' forces.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Veterans">Veterans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Veterans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2017, there were around 230,000 veterans living in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Scottish government's policy on supporting veterans has included: </p> <ul><li>The appointment of the first-ever Scottish Veterans Commissioner in 2014</li> <li>A Scottish Government Armed Forces Advocate, and expansion of the Scottish Armed Forces and Veterans Champions network</li> <li>Over £1 million in direct support for projects and organisations that support veterans<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_forces_in_Scotland&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Scotland" title="Military history of Scotland">Military history of Scotland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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SCOTS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">BW (3 SCOTS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons)" title="Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)">HLDRS (4 SCOTS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Lowland_Volunteers" title="52nd Lowland Volunteers">52 LOWLAND (6 SCOTS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Highland_Volunteers" title="51st Highland Volunteers">51 HIGHLAND (7 SCOTS)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Borderers" title="Royal Scots Borderers">RSB (1 SCOTS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders">ASH (5 SCOTS)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots" title="Royal Scots">Royal Scots</a> <small>(1633–2006)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Regiment_of_Foot" title="42nd Regiment of Foot">42nd Regiment of Foot</a> <small>( 1661–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" title="Royal Scots Fusiliers">Royal Scots Fusiliers</a> <small>(1678–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">King's Own Scottish Borderers</a> <small>(1689–2006)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_(Perthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot">73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1756–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot">71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1758–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_(Argyllshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1759–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot">74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1787–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_(Stirlingshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot">75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1787–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment,_Duke_of_Albany%27s_Own_Highlanders" title="72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Light_Infantry" title="Highland Light Infantry">Highland Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)</a> <small>(1881–2006)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders" title="Seaforth Highlanders">Seaforth Highlanders</a> <small>(1881–1961)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a> <small>(1881–1994)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders">Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders</a> <small>(1881–2006)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Howey Robson">Henry Howey Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Angus_(VC)" title="William Angus (VC)">William Angus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dunsire" title="Robert Dunsire">Robert Dunsire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Reynolds_(VC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Reynolds (VC)">Henry Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McIver" title="Hugh McIver">Hugh McIver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Elcock" title="Roland Elcock">Roland Elcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stuart_McGregor" title="David Stuart McGregor">David Stuart McGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ferguson_Hunter" title="David Ferguson Hunter">David Ferguson Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_Kennedy" title="Charles Thomas Kennedy">Charles Thomas Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Rodgers_(VC)" title="George Rodgers (VC)">George Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wilson_(VC)" title="George Wilson (VC)">George Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Herbert_Anderson" title="William Herbert Anderson">William Herbert Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gerald_Blaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Gerald Blaker">Frank Gerald Blaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Lorrain_Brodie" title="Walter Lorrain Brodie">Walter Lorrain Brodie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Mordaunt_Marsh_Edwards" title="William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards">William Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brown_Hamilton" title="John Brown Hamilton">John Brown Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hore-Ruthven,_1st_Earl_of_Gowrie" title="Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie">Alexander Hore-Ruthven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Shaul" title="John Shaul">John Shaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Youll_Turnbull" title="James Youll Turnbull">James Youll Turnbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustavus_Hamilton_Blenkinsopp_Coulson" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson">Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Laidlaw" title="Daniel Laidlaw">Daniel Laidlaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kendrick_Skinner" title="John Kendrick Skinner">John Kendrick Skinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Grimbaldeston" title="William Henry Grimbaldeston">William Henry Grimbaldeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_McGuffie" title="Louis McGuffie">Louis McGuffie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Speakman" title="Bill Speakman">Bill Speakman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Edward_Henry_Farquharson" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Edward Henry Farquharson">Francis Edward Henry Farquharson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simpson_(VC)" title="John Simpson (VC)">John Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Thompson_(VC)" title="Alexander Thompson (VC)">Alexander Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Davis_(VC)" title="James Davis (VC)">James Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Spence_(VC)" title="Edward Spence (VC)">Edward Spence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gardner_(VC)" title="William Gardner (VC)">William Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Cook_(VC)" title="Walter Cook (VC)">Walter Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Millar" title="Duncan Millar">Duncan Millar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_McGaw" title="Samuel McGaw">Samuel McGaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edwards_(VC)" title="Thomas Edwards (VC)">Thomas Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ripley" title="John Ripley">John Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Finlay_(VC)" title="David Finlay (VC)">David Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Melvin" title="Charles Melvin">Charles Melvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Pugh_Evans" title="Lewis Pugh Evans">Lewis Pugh Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cathcart_Bogle" title="Andrew Cathcart Bogle">Andrew Cathcart Bogle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Petrus_Hendrik_Crowe" title="Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe">Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Taylor_Macpherson" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbert Taylor Macpherson">Herbert Taylor Macpherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jee" title="Joseph Jee">Joseph Jee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Munbee_McMaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Valentine Munbee McMaster">Valentine Munbee McMaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_McPherson_(VC)" title="Stewart McPherson (VC)">Stewart McPherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ward_(VC)" title="Henry Ward (VC)">Henry Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hollowell" title="James Hollowell">James Hollowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aylmer_Spicer_Cameron" class="mw-redirect" title="Aylmer Spicer Cameron">Aylmer Spicer Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sellar" title="George Sellar">George Sellar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mackenzie_(VC)" title="John Mackenzie (VC)">John MacKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_William_Ware" title="Sidney William Ware">Sidney William Ware</a></li> <li><a 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title="Richard Wadeson">Richard Wadeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Green_(VC)" title="Patrick Green (VC)">Patrick Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Coughlan" title="Cornelius Coughlan">Cornelius Coughlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_White_(British_Army_officer)" title="George White (British Army officer)">George White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Dick-Cunyngham" class="mw-redirect" title="William Henry Dick-Cunyngham">William Henry Dick-Cunyngham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Lawson_(VC)" title="Edward Lawson (VC)">Edward Lawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Findlater" title="George Findlater">George Findlater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Fontaine_Maury_Meiklejohn" title="Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn">Matthew Meiklejohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Robertson_(VC)" title="William Robertson (VC)">William Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beachcroft_Towse" title="Beachcroft Towse">Ernest Towse</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lochs_of_Scotland" title="List of lochs of Scotland">Lochs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Lowlands" title="Scottish Lowlands">Lowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountains_and_hills_of_Scotland" title="Mountains and hills of Scotland">Mountains and hills</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_in_Scotland" title="List of highest mountains in Scotland">Highest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Scotland" title="Protected areas of Scotland">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_in_Scotland" title="List of waterfalls in Scotland">Waterfalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_of_Scotland" title="List of valleys of Scotland">Glens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Scotland" title="List of ecoregions in Scotland">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_biosphere_reserves_in_Scotland" title="List of biosphere reserves in Scotland">Biosphere reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Scotland" title="Environment of Scotland">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Scotland" title="Municipalities of Scotland">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Munro_mountains" title="List of Munro mountains">Munro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Scotland" title="Politics of Scotland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Scotland">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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of political parties in Scotland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_republicanism" title="Scottish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_nationalism" title="Scottish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Scotland" title="Unionism in Scotland">Unionism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Courts</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_courts_in_Scotland" title="List of courts in Scotland">List</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Courts_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Courts of Scotland">Supreme Courts of Scotland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Accountant_of_Court" title="Office of the Accountant of Court">Office of the Accountant of Court</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procurator_fiscal" title="Procurator fiscal">Procurator fiscal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_principal" title="Sheriff principal">Sheriff principal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Justice" title="College of Justice">College of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_property_law" title="Scots property law">Scots property law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udal_law" title="Udal law">Udal law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prison_population_of_Scotland" title="Prison population of Scotland">Prison population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Police Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Scotland" title="Economy of Scotland">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="Housing in Scotland">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Scotland" title="Media of Scotland">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_industry_in_Scotland" title="Oil industry in Scotland">Oil industry</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Sea_oil" title="North Sea oil">North Sea oil</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Scotland" title="List of power stations in Scotland">Power stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Scotland" title="Renewable energy in Scotland">Renewable energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland" title="Royal Bank of Scotland">Royal Bank of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Scotland" title="Tourism in Scotland">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Scotland" title="Transport in Scotland">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotch_whisky" title="Scotch whisky">Whisky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Glen" title="Silicon Glen">Silicon Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unemployment_in_Scotland" title="Unemployment in Scotland">Unemployment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_relations_of_Scotland" title="International relations of Scotland">International trade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Scotland" title="Category:Society of Scotland">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Scotland" title="Culture of 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