West 'should not be cowed' by Putin, says head of the Armed Forces

>Britain’s most senior military officer says the West “should not be cowed” by Putin, no matter how “outrageous” his “campaign of sabotage” is.

>Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, head of Britain’s Armed Forces, made the rare intervention on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when the Allies officially defeated Japan.

>Writing in the Telegraph, he said NATO allies must be “assertive in every domain”, including nuclear, land, sea, air, cyber, space, and diplomatic and economic issues.

>“Putin doesn’t want a war with NATO because he would lose,” he wrote.

>“So we should not be cowed by his rhetoric or his campaign of sabotage, outrageous as it may be.

>“The one weapon that is most needed in our arsenal is confidence. Despite the global instability, Britain is secure at home. NATO is strong. Russia is weak.

>“It is not complacent to point this out.”