Explosive growth doesn't satisfy Tucson's Raytheon

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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0930biz-raytheon0930.html

Max Jarman
The Arizona Republic
Sept. 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Tucson's Raytheon Missile Systems is on a roll.

The company's Tomahawk and Paveway missiles are the weapons of choice for the U.S. military in Iraq.

Its Standard Missile 3s and its Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles are the backbone of an elaborate plan to defend the United States and its allies from enemy attacks.

Raytheon Missile Systems, a unit of Waltham, Mass., defense contractor Raytheon Co., now is the world's largest supplier of guided missiles and the largest private employer in southern Arizona.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and subsequent invasion of Iraq, Raytheon has racked up billions of dollars in new government contracts that have doubled company revenue to more than $4.5 billion a year.

[bahrbearian]

1. Do the Missles take out "Box Cutters" too?

[unhappycamper]

2. Yea for more war!

:sarcasm: