Russian Submarines, the Arctic and Scotland's Nuclear Base

The quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is teeming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.

This is our military presence in the Arctic.

These were Russia's Arctic military positions in nineteen ninety-five.

Today, infantry, naval, radar, search and rescue, air defense, the biggest buildup since the Soviets fell.

This is where we lost Russia's most sophisticated submarines in the North Atlantic for three weeks.

This is where we found their Losharik submarine, which we noticed only because it caught fire.

We have no idea how many more there are, but we think they're around here, here, here, and here.

This is Creagan. You know what Creagan is?

A nuclear submarine base in Scotland. All of the UK's nuclear weaponry is housed at Creagan.

It's what makes them one of the nine nuclear powers.

Also, it's the only base in Europe where we can dock our nuclear subs.

It's the last place we have any hope of detecting a Russian sub before it's in the vast Atlantic barreling toward New York.

Creagan is target one in the European theater of war.

The Scots hate nukes, and they hate English overreach, but they really hate having a bullseye on their heads.

If Scotland had gone independent? They would have closed the base.

In a second. When we took our forces out of Iceland, Russian sub activity skyrocketed, as did air incursions.

When we pulled our combat brigades from Europe, anyone?

Russia annexed Crimea. Is there a universe in which the United States could afford to lose the base in Scotland?

No.