Last month the U.K.âs Department of Transport announced that it would allow self-driving cars onto British streets by next year. A county in Iowa recently announced âat a symposium designed to attract Google and other tech companies to its region, naturallyâthat it would allow driverless cars on its streets.f 90% of vehicles were autonomous, an estimated 4.2 million accidents would be prevented and 21,700 lives would be saved. Technological advances often come with unintended consequences, though, which is why these predictions support Pettisâ case that organ donations would be adversely impacted by safer driving.
Military Spending in the United States. Facebook Twitter. In fiscal year 2015, military spending is projected to account for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending, a total of $598.5 billion. Military spending includes: all regular activities of the Department of Defense; war spending; nuclear weapons spending; international military assistance; and other Pentagon-related spending.
â¢ The US remains by far the biggest military spender, with a defence budget of $711bn last year. â¢ It's followed by China, which spent an estimated $143bn on its armed forces in 2011. China has increased its military spending by 170% in real terms since 2002, the leading research body says. â¢ Russia spent nearly $72bn on arms last year, overtaking Britain ($62.7bn) and France ($62.5bn).