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Highest spending on defence: US: £420bn.

But the judgement may be that the deployment pattern of Syrian air defences, US technical advantages, and the fact that the Syrian regime is equally threatened by IS may reduce some of the dangers to US pilots if manned aircraft are used as well as drones.

Many have called for the Sullivan defence in US law to be introduced here.

"The ministry of defence called us and told us: 'You must forget all about this subject – completely forget it.

Our defence won us the game tonight, it pulled us through.

They played well, kept the ball and caused us some problems, but ultimately the defence won us the game".

It would profit us not at all if the development of missile defence leaves us more exposed in other areas.

American law now allows for the self defence of US-flagged ships within tight rules of engagement.

Finally, in making the case for the defence, let us never forget the unadulterated, life-enhancing excitement.

This made him an irritant in Europe with his incessant skirmishings against domestic film subsidies and quotas, and his implacable defence of US "cultural dominance".

Obama dismissed Russian arguments on Crimea, countering Moscow's claims that ethnic Russians in Ukraine had to be protected, saying there could be no parallels between Kosovo and Crimea, and also offering a qualified defence of US policy in Iraq.