You intend to join in with NATO yet not hold a major part of its defences...
You intend to join the EU, where likely you will be a net receiver...
So if they were planning to leave NATO and the EU you would think this was a better move
Seems to me you would spin it either way
As for the EU I doubt Scotland will gain that much from them given the poorer Eastern states and is more likely to be a giver tbh
the real (if Sturgeon is to be believed) prospect of a non-functioning nuclear deterrent for many years, that needs to be addressed. Along with rapid or gradual withdrawal, other locations etc, the idea of remaining in Falsane is one option that should be investigated fully by them as well. What then is the issue?
I would imagine they would use this "need" as a a very useful bargaining tool in the complicated and protracted negotiations.
If we cannot have the pound you cannot have a base type mexican stand off in order to drive a hard bargain
I would imagine they would like having them over a barrell on that one personally in any negotiation situation