Like President Eisenhower said, "beware the giant military industrial complex"!
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, war is very profitable. For instance, US. companies who benefited from the $410 billion arms industry in 2011 are:
United Technologies, arms sales in 2011: $11.6 billion in aircraft, electronics and engines.
L-3 Communications, arms sales in 2011: $12.5 billion in electronics.
Northrop Grumman, arms sales in 2011: $21.4 billion in aircraft, electronics, missiles, ships and space.
Raytheon, arms sales in 2011: $22.5 billion in electronics and missiles.
General Dynamics arms sales in 2011: $29.2 billion in aircraft, artillery, electronics, military vehicles, missiles, small arms/ammunition, ships.
Boeing arm sales in 2011: $31.8 billion in aircraft, electronics, missiles, space
Lockheed Martin arm sales in 2011: $36.3 billion in aircraft, electronics, missiles, space.
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