Britain is totally safe. It has little worth.

"Russia could initiate hostilities sooner than we expect," warned Head of British Army, Sir Nick Carter, saying Britain's ability to respond "will be eroded if we don't match up to them now". Russia has gained battlefield experience in Syria and has tested "eye-watering" military capabilities. He wants British troops to "race to Eastern Europe" if war breaks out. We hope that the British Army Chief does not indulge in marijuana before lecturing. There is no strategic, economic or military reason to attack Britain. With 11% of the total land, Russia has the largest landmass in the world. Russia has huge natural resources, much of it probably still undiscovered. Britain is a tiny island in the North Sea with limited resources because of its size. North Sea oil will probably run out in another 10 years. Britain is reducing its budget for its armed forces to control the rise of its national debt, which has risen to 88% of GDP. Britain is negotiating a deal to leave the European Union by 29 March 2019, known as Brexit. What kind of trade deal it can negotiate with the other 27 countries remains to be seen but its importance will surely decrease. Britain is to grow by 1.5% in the next two years, while the global economy will grow by 3.9%, said the IMF. Ciaran Martin, Head of National Cyber Security Centre said that a major attack on Britain was a question of "when not if". Nearly every person in the UK has been hacked already, including the police officer in charge of preventing cyber crime. Surely, the question to ask is why is it so easy. Even a bankrupt country like North Korea, with limited internet access, has been hacking Bitcoins lately in an effort to evade sanctions. As people transact all their business online the extent of hacking is only going to grow. The problem is that the British have been unable to forget their empire which stretched across the world, giving rise to the description of "the empire on which the sun never sets". Spain's empire stretched from Mexico all over Central and South America, except Brazil, and even tiny Portugal had an empire stretching from Brazil to countries in Southern Africa to Macao in China and Goa, Daman and Diu in India. The difference is that Britain is one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council while Spain and Portugal are not. France is also a permanent member but is independent of the US while Britain has a 'Special Relationship' with the US based on a common language and unconditional British support for America's attacks on other nations, including Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. Putin is not mad and probably does not even think about Britain. The Army Chief can take off his uniform and relax.