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The guided missile destroyer USS Porter launches a Tomahawk toward Iraq during the initial stages of 'shock and awe' campaign, the first wave in the war there in 2003.

Defense stocks rise and fall along with talk of strikes against Syria

Sep 7, 2013 ◇ Brandon Brown/Cronkite News Service

Aerospace and defense companies, many with operations in Arizona, have seen a rise in stock prices since U.S. officials first started talking about military action against Syria last month. Read more»

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Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from the sea flattened Libyan defenses. The $1.41 million missile has become a staple of the Pentagon's war arsenal.

Tucson-made Tomahawk missiles rack up kills, bills

Mar 27, 2011 ◇ Sharon Weinberger/Center for Public Integrity

In the opening days of the assault on Libya, the United States and the United Kingdom launched a barrage of at least 161 Tucson-made Tomahawk cruise missiles to flatten Moammar Gadhafi’s air defenses. The show of military might cost nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. Read more» 1


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