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Missiles in Syria strike built in Tucson
Normangee Star ^ | April 9, 2017 | Madeline Patrick

Posted on 04/09/2017 9:47:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

U.S. defense contractors Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General dynamics noticed surge in their shares following tomahawk missile strikes by Donald Trump government on Thursday. The budget Trump proposed last month includes an additional $52 billion for the Department of Defense.

“I’m proud that I have successfully advocated in Congress to keep the Tomahawk missile line at Raytheon in Tucson open so that this weapon was ready and available when our armed forces needed it”, McSally said in a statement early Friday.

There are many versions of the Tomahawk, which Raytheon produces for the navies of the United States and Great Britain.

Thus, Trump’s strike caused the missile maker to gain $1.4 billion in value overnight.

Russian Federation may seek to improve Syria’s surface-to-air missile system in the wake of this U.S. attack but it would be very much a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Stocks did keep their early gains however, as the United States government jobs report said the economy added 98,000 jobs in March, well below expectations for 185,000 jobs.

President Trump ordered his first known large-scale military action on Thursday, and his weapon of choice was made in South Arkansas.

A total of 59 tomahawk missiles were launched from the USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea.

Those intelligence sources told Perry “the preponderance of evidence suggests that Al Qaeda-affiliated rebels were at fault, either by orchestrating an intentional release of a chemical agent as a provocation or by possessing containers of poison gas that ruptured during a conventional bombing raid.” . The attack killed or injured hundreds of Syrian people, including women and children, a Pentagon spokesman said.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Local News; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: arizona; defense; missiles; navy

1 posted on 04/09/2017 9:47:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tucson, South Arkansas, who knew?


2 posted on 04/09/2017 9:59:23 PM PDT by matthew fuller (The first amendment does NOT legalize the right to riot.)
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To: matthew fuller

The editors at all media were pretty much laid-off by the millennium.


3 posted on 04/09/2017 10:00:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
According to Major General Igor Konasenkov, of the Russian Defense Ministry, only 23 of the 59 actually made it to the airfield. He claimed the fate of the other 36 is ... unknown.

https://report.az/en/other-countries/russian-mod-only-23-of-59-us-missiles-flew-to-airbase-in-syria-video/

4 posted on 04/09/2017 10:26:40 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

Sure.

I believe that.


5 posted on 04/09/2017 11:11:36 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: cynwoody
According to Major General Igor Konasenkov, of the Russian Defense Ministry, only 23 of the 59 actually made it to the airfield. He claimed the fate of the other 36 is ... unknown.

I might buy 10 - 20 per cent of the missiles going stupid and missing the target. But over 50%?

6 posted on 04/10/2017 6:01:15 AM PDT by Rummyfan (bb)
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