A report is calling on the UK Government to expand its naval and air presence in Northern Ireland
Calls for Britain to increase its military presence in Northern Ireland due to Dublin’s lack of defence capabilities come from ‘unionist perspective’, a security analyst has said.The report from the right-wing think tank warns that Ireland poses a"grave back-door security risk to the UK" and calls for British naval ships and aircraft to be sent to Northern Ireland.
"The British long ago made a political and strategic decision that it was in their interests not to have bases of a significant nature in Northern Ireland in order not to upset the delicate political rapprochement.""The British have been managing the defence posture from the Greenland/Iceland/UK gap and they're able to project force there," he said.
Mr Power said motivation for the report is"to try and make Northern Ireland relevant to being maintained as part of the United Kingdom.Mr Power said ultimately the UK is more interested in Ireland cooperation elsewhere.
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