Alex Salmond told nuclear ban out of line with being in Nato
Source: The Guardian
Alex Salmond has been warned by a UK cabinet minister it would be "extraordinarily difficult" for an independent Scotland to join Nato at the same time as banning nuclear weapons.
In a sharp escalation of the clash over Salmond's defence policies, Michael Moore, the Scotland secretary, said it was "absolutely clear" that Scotland would have to accept Nato was a nuclear alliance as a precondition for membership.
Moore confirmed disclosures by the Guardian that senior Nato officials raised serious concerns about the implications of Scottish government plans to force the removal of Trident nuclear weapons from the Clyde soon after independence in a meeting with Scottish civil servants.
They were told that new Nato members are expected not to "import problems" into the alliance, sources said, and to avoid any actions which undermined its nuclear-armed doctrine.
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