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Originally Posted by ntluser

I suppose the positives are that you would have your own nuclear deterrent and have base staff contributing into your local economy.

The negative is that in the event of war/conflict etc. the base will be high on the strategic target destruction list and the subject of any subsequent bombardment.

We don't even think about having the military base close by as there has been nuclear submarines going in there for refits for a pretty long time already so we have never been concerned by anything nuclear personally.