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| Defence review: New P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to be based at RAF Lossiemouth | Defence review: New P-8 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 expected to be a reduction in the number of Type 26 Global Combat Ships being built from 13 to 8. | |
| Work on the new frigates, which are capable of anti-submarine operations, is due to start next year at the BAE shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun on the Clyde. | |
| 'Referendum campaign' | 'Referendum campaign' |
| The SNP had warned against cutting the number of anti-submarine frigates to be built in Scotland as a result of the new patrol aircraft being purchased. | |
| The party's defence spokesman at Westminster, Brendan O'Hara, said any reduction in the frigate order would amount to a "betrayal" of shipyard workers. | |
| 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." |
| Downing Street has said that the purchase of the maritime patrol aircraft will increase protection of the UK's nuclear deterrent and its latest aircraft carriers when they come into service. | Downing Street has said that the purchase of the maritime patrol aircraft will increase protection of the UK's nuclear deterrent and its latest aircraft carriers when they come into service. |
| What is the Boeing P-8? | What is the Boeing P-8? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Broken up | Broken up |
| 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? | What else is expected to be in the SDSR? |
| At-a-glance: Strategic defence review | At-a-glance: Strategic defence review |