“We at Lockheed would like to thank all the little people, the powerless, clueless, dumbed down voting taxpayers, their so called representatives, and of course Oceania (black), Eurasia (red), and Eastasia (yellow) who have made our vision, … (catches breath) this incredible vision of the Military Industrial Complex Constant War WorldView possible, And of course we wish General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Boeing (nervous laughter is heard amongst audience), uh … who else? I know we are forgetting someone (music starts) the music is starting so we have to go, but all our best from the Lockheed family to all of the other companies in the next contract cycle …” Lockheed Martin wins US missile defense contract worth $17 billion
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No surprises here, if they (LM) “can take ET home”, then they have the most advanced secret tech, and are front runners for another official and off the books cash grab. C’est la vie.
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Nothing like a “prepare for war economy” to keep things humming along and the gravy following…
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Lockstep-Martian wins again. However, at the rate their “missiles” are rising in price, even 17 GigaDollars won’t buy many of those for long. But $17B put into already fine-tuned esoteric programs might go a long way.