The new Defence Secretary was asked for his response to the incidentA Russian warship firing its weapons off the British coast on Monday was “performative and irresponsible”, Wes Streeting has said. New Defence Secretary Mr Streeting also warned “Russia should be in no doubt about the resolve of this Government and this Prime Minister” in his first engagement in the job. The live-fire exercise took place 40 nautical miles (46 miles) off the coast of Plymouth on Monday, the same day Andy Burnham entered Government as the new Prime Minister. Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge said he only knows “a very sketchy amount” about the exercise but “in principle, obviously (it’s) very concerning” and “typical bravado from Putin”. He said Ministry of Defence leaders have “a firm friend in His Majesty’s Treasury”, where former defence secretary John Healey is the new Chancellor.