In what amounts to a serious CIA intelligence failure, Pyongyang has demonstrated that it now possesses both the nuclear know-how and the means to deliver those warheads across the Pacific Ocean.
Many Doge staff appear to be young people with tech backgrounds and limited or no government experience.Yes. Musk initially said he would perform his role as an outside volunteer but the White House later confirmed he would operate as an unpaid special government employee.
That designation covers those working for the government for no more than 130 days in a year.Supporters argued that the body's outsider status - and somewhat vague mandate - would increase its effectiveness."They're a little more untethered to the bureaucracy itself and to the systems that slow processes down around here," Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told the BBC.
"I think the lack of parameters is part of what will make them effective."In an unexpected appearance at the White House in February,
, and defended his approach.
"The people voted for major government reform and that's what the people are going to get," he said. "That's what democracy is all about.""Our current government… they are really enforcing this kind of public-private collaboration," says the programme's director Kirsi Kokko. "I think they understand the urgency."
Despite the rapid growth of defence tech in Finland, the sector is facing a range of local and European-wide challenges.Mr Hietala, the founder of airship technology platform Kelluu, describes something of a "culture clash" between agile start-ups and large defence companies and governments that have typically required years of experimentation and prototyping before acquiring new technologies.
"That's really on the opposite side of the spectrum for start-ups, in which the DNA is that we will fail fast and rapidly, and you don't have every start-up succeed."At Business Finland, Ms Kokko says the Nordic nation is also impacted by strong global competition for the software talent needed to grow defence tech and dual use businesses.