All articles by Emmaleigh Eaves
Emmaleigh Eaves
What happens when New START expires? CBO analysis
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the US and Russia controls the number of strategic missile launchers both nations can maintain. It will expire in February 2021 unless both parties choose to extend it for a further five years. If the treaty expires, the world’s largest nuclear arsenals will be unlimited and undisclosed for the first time since the end of the Cold War. The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has set out the US’s possible responses.
How will COVID-19 affect global defence spending?
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused world economies to stagnate and many countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) to crash. As nations come to terms with the repercussions of the outbreak, priorities will likely shift and defence budgets suffer. Army Technology spoke to International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Senior Fellow for Defence Economics Fenella McGerty about the outlook for the top five countries with the highest defence spend in 2019.
DASA invests £42.8m into 245 innovation projects
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) said it has assessed 1172 ideas, run 15 competitions and invested £42.8m into 245 innovations over the past year.