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| New P8 maritime patrol aircraft to be based at RAF Lossiemouth | New P8 maritime patrol aircraft to be based at RAF Lossiemouth |
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| A new fleet of maritime patrol aircraft is to be based at RAF Lossiemouth. | A new fleet of maritime patrol aircraft is to be based at RAF Lossiemouth. |
| Prime Minister David Cameron will confirm plans to buy nine new Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review. | Prime Minister David Cameron will confirm plans to buy nine new Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review. |
| The planes will fill a gap left by the much-criticised decision in the last review, in 2010, to scrap a new generation of Nimrod aircraft. | The planes will fill a gap left by the much-criticised decision in the last review, in 2010, to scrap a new generation of Nimrod aircraft. |
| But there is also expected to be a cut in orders for Type 26 frigates from 13 to 8. | But there is also expected to be a cut in orders for Type 26 frigates from 13 to 8. |
| The SNP said this could impact on jobs at the BAE shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun on the Clyde, which the party's defence spokesman at Westminster, Brendan O'Hara, said would amount to a "betrayal" of workers. | |
| 'Referendum campaign' | 'Referendum campaign' |
| Mr O'Hara told BBC Scotland: "During the referendum campaign they were absolutely clear that shipbuilding was only safe on the Clyde if we remained within the Union." | Mr O'Hara told BBC Scotland: "During the referendum campaign they were absolutely clear that shipbuilding was only safe on the Clyde if we remained within the Union." |
| The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said RAF Lossiemouth had been chosen for the new patrol aircraft in preference to another RAF base in Lincolnshire. The timing of when the aircraft will come into service is not yet clear. | The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said RAF Lossiemouth had been chosen for the new patrol aircraft in preference to another RAF base in Lincolnshire. The timing of when the aircraft will come into service is not yet clear. |
| Speaking on the Good Morning Scotland programme, he said: "There was a debate as to whether the new maritime patrol aircraft should be based in Lincolnshire, at RAF Waddington, where a lot of the surveillance aircraft the RAF has are based, or in Scotland - and the decision has been taken that they will be based in Lossiemouth." | Speaking on the Good Morning Scotland programme, he said: "There was a debate as to whether the new maritime patrol aircraft should be based in Lincolnshire, at RAF Waddington, where a lot of the surveillance aircraft the RAF has are based, or in Scotland - and the decision has been taken that they will be based in Lossiemouth." |
| The UK's fleet of Nimrod surveillance aircraft were formerly based at RAF Kinloss in Moray. | The UK's fleet of Nimrod surveillance aircraft were formerly based at RAF Kinloss in Moray. |
| What is the Boeing P-8? | What is the Boeing P-8? |
| An upgraded version of the Nimrod, the MRA4, had been due to enter service in 2012 but the plans were cancelled in the 2010 defence review. | An upgraded version of the Nimrod, the MRA4, had been due to enter service in 2012 but the plans were cancelled in the 2010 defence review. |
| The planes, costing a total of £4bn, were later broken up and scrapped despite warnings from former defence chiefs that it would leave a hole in Britain's defence capability. | The planes, costing a total of £4bn, were later broken up and scrapped despite warnings from former defence chiefs that it would leave a hole in Britain's defence capability. |
| The cancellation of the Nimrod led to the closure of RAF Kinloss, although the site is still used by the MoD as an Army base. | The cancellation of the Nimrod led to the closure of RAF Kinloss, although the site is still used by the MoD as an Army base. |
| The Ministry of Defence is currently having to rely on French and Canadian aircraft during a search after a reported sighting of a Russian submarine off the Scottish coast. | The Ministry of Defence is currently having to rely on French and Canadian aircraft during a search after a reported sighting of a Russian submarine off the Scottish coast. |
| Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Campbell of Pittenweem said that news meant the RAF should have been able to keep its base at Leuchars, which was transferred to the Army earlier this year. | Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Campbell of Pittenweem said that news meant the RAF should have been able to keep its base at Leuchars, which was transferred to the Army earlier this year. |
| He said: "The Typhoons at Leuchars were sent to Lossiemouth and as a consequence the defence of the central belt of Scotland in my view was materially affected." | He said: "The Typhoons at Leuchars were sent to Lossiemouth and as a consequence the defence of the central belt of Scotland in my view was materially affected." |
| Lord Campbell said the "sensible thing" to have done would have been to base the patrol aircraft at Lossiemouth while keeping the Typhoons at Leuchars. | Lord Campbell said the "sensible thing" to have done would have been to base the patrol aircraft at Lossiemouth while keeping the Typhoons at Leuchars. |
| What else is expected to be in the SDSR? | |
| Read more here: At-a-glance: Strategic defence review |