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The Admiral’s not for turning

UK armed forces chief doubles down on Indo-Pacific strategy

Paul Mason
8 min readDec 15, 2022

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There were three big takeaways from the Chief of the Defence Staff’s annual RUSI lecture, delivered last night. First, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin’s categoric statement that “Russia is losing” the Ukraine war. He warned Putin that:

“Russia faces a critical shortage of artillery munitions…

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Paul Mason

Journalist, writer and film-maker. Author of How To Stop Fascism.