EU, although it has 375m people compared with America's 280m, spends only about 57% of what America does on defence.

ECONOMIST: European defence

Providence Resources Plc, an Irish and UK company, has confirmed its Barryroe site, 30 miles off the Cork coast, should yield 280m barrels of oil.

BBC: Ireland 'close to oil billions'

The new development will be 280m long and stand three storeys high.

BBC: Heathrow prepares for superjumbo

When assembly is completed, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be a 280m (919ft)-long carrier capable of deploying up to 40 Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft.

BBC: Section of HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier

When assembly is completed, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be a 280m (919ft) long carrier capable of deploying up to 40 Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft.

BBC: Section of HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier

Featuring dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M graphics processing units (GPUs) with NVIDIA SLI technology, the eX-L 18 brings your games and multimedia to life with brilliant 3D graphics and movies in 1080p HD resolution.

ENGADGET: Maingear's eX-L 18 grabs for "world's most powerful gaming laptop" title