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The Motley Fool September 2, 2009 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Yesterday, Citi took advantage of recent turmoil in the defense sector to upgrade one of the biggest names in Big Defense -- Lockheed Martin. in addition to upgrading Lockheed, it decided to pull its buy rating on Raytheon.
National Defense February 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Proliferation of Cruise Missiles Sparks Concern About U.S. Air Defenses The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan saw the rise of improvised explosive devices as the ultimate asymmetric weapon. Future conflicts, strategists warn, could expose U.S. forces on land and at sea to a deadly weapon that is extremely hard to detect: cruise missiles.
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The Motley Fool September 28, 2009 Rich Smith	6 Stocks That Never Surrender In a fight to the finish versus the S&P 500, let's see how these six defense stocks are doing: General Dynamics... Raytheon... Lockheed Martin... AeroVironment... iRobot... Force Protection...
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BusinessWeek February 24, 2011	Clipped Wings Defense contractors are trying to fend off liberal Democrats, conservative Republicans, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, all looking for savings in the Pentagon's budget. Here are the programs already on the chopping block.
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