The Royal United Services Institute said in 2012 that an independent Scotland could set up a Scottish Defence Force, comparable in size and strength to those of other small European states like Denmark, Norway and Ireland, at an annual cost of £1.8 billion.
2012年，英国皇家联合服务研究所表示，独立的苏格兰可以设置国防军，规模和实力与丹麦、挪威和爱尔兰等欧洲小国有一比，年度开支为18亿英镑。