[Brian S]

Look for russian defense spending to double in the next 5 years if you don't believe me.

Oh, I believe you and further, you can add a couple other countries to the double, triple, etc defense spending increase.

If your industry is the sale of arms, this is the 'big one'. Definite 'sellers' market.

[Leisler]

No doubt they'll be lined around the block for some updated Soviet deathtraps, er, weapons.

[zonan]

If your industry is the sale of arms, this is the 'big one'. Definite 'sellers' market.

That's what I would have thought, but Lockheed Martin (and other contractors) stocks have been falling so much. Has the slow economy outweighed the war-time spending? Particularly in the case of LM, with the JSF contract, etc., I can't figure out why the stocks wouldn't be gaining rapidly.

Just thinking out loud.