Today's WSJ discusses the economic prospects of US (off)defense related companies. Some tidbits in the article.
The US Pentagon budget has doubled in the last decade to $700 billion.
Projected cuts in spending on military hardware are prompting US (off)defense companies to look to export their goods.
Boeing Co hopes to expand overseas military sales to 25% of its defense revenue over the next 5 years
The US is one of the world's biggest arms pushers (maybe the biggest). We export machinery of death and products of debt (via Wall Street).
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