article_snippet.sent: A senior military source told the Sunday Express that Ministry of Defence officials have sounded out Gibraltar as an alternative to the naval base on the Clyde in Scotland. '
article_snippet.sent: A party was sent to Gibraltar in January to determine whether the option could work.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Nick Ritchie, international security lecturer at the University of York, said any move could anger Spain - who already dispute Britain's claim over Gibraltar .
article_snippet.sent: Gibraltar would avoid the nimbyism question.
article_snippet.sent: But Gibraltar has enough patriotism to overcome this. '
article_snippet.sent: It would be interesting to see Spain - who already dispute Britain's claim over Gibraltar’s reaction, ­however, since It is a non-nuclear member of Nato.'
article_snippet.sent: Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo had the facilities available and had been visited by submarines from the UK and the US in the past.
highlights_snippet.sent: Military source says the MoD have sounded out Gibraltar as an alternative .
  