A former senior Nato commander and naval expert has told Westminster politicians that a united Ireland would pose a strategic threat.
The loss of the protection afforded by the North would deepen the threat to Britain from Russia and China, Rear Admiral Chris Parry told MPs and members of the House of Lords in a briefing on Wednesday.
Mr Parry, a Falklands War veteran, also said he believed Chinese warships and submarines would soon be active in Irish waters alongside the Russian vessels that had been operating there in recent years.
He told parliamentarians that Nato should counter the threat from Moscow and Beijing by holding naval exercises in I
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