10 Companies Profiting Most from Wars

10 Companies Profiting Most from Wars

11 January 2013
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(For details see: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/10-companies-profiting-most-war-330249 )

Below, you will see the magnitude of the devil, a.k.a. The USA-INC, stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from our tax money to use the children of poor Americans to kill the children of poor people in other countries to benefit multinational corporations. The euphemistically called Department of Defense (DoD) has been an Department of Aggression (DoA) for about century. These companies are the enemies of American people and humanity:

1. Lockheed Martin

Arms sales 2010: $35.73 billion
Total sales 2010: $45.80 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 78 percent
Total profit: $2.93 billion
Total employment: 132,000
Sector: Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Space

2. BAE Systems

Arms sales 2010: $32.88 billion
Total sales 2010: $34.61 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 95 percent
Total profit: $1.67 billion
Total employment: 98,200
Sector: Aircraft, Artillery, Electronics, Missiles, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition, Ships

3. Boeing

Arms sales 2010: $31.36 billion
Total sales 2010: $64.31 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 49 percent
Total profit: $3.31 billion
Total employment: 160,500
Sector: Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Space

4. Northrop Grumman

Arms sales 2010: $28.15 billion
Total sales 2010: $34.76 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 81 percent
Total profit: $2.05 billion
Total employment: 117,100
Sector: Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Ships, Space

5. General Dynamics

Arms sales 2010: $23.94 billion
Total sales 2010: $32.47 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 74 percent
Total profit: $2.62 billion
Total employment: 90,000
Sector: Artillery, Electronics, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition, Ships

6. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN)

Arms sales 2010: $22.98 billion
Total sales 2010: $25.18 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 91%
Total profit: $1.88 billion
Total employment: 72,400
Sector: Electronics, Missiles

7. EADS

Arms sales 2010: $16.36 billion
Total sales 2010: $60.60 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 27%
Total profit: $0.73 billion
Total employment: 121,690
Sector: Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Space

8. Finmeccanica

Arms sales 2010: $14.41 billion
Total sales 2010: $24.76 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 58%
Total profit: $0.74 billion
Total employment: 75,200
Sector: Aircraft, Artillery, Electronics, Missiles, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition

9. L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL)

Arms sales 2010: $13.07 billion
Total sales 2010: $15.68 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 83%
Total profit: $0.96 billion
Total employment: 63,000
Sector: Electronics, Services

10. United Technologies (NYSE: UTX)

Arms sales 2010: $11.41 billion
Total sales 2010: $54.33 billion
Arms sales as pct. of total sales: 21%
Total profit: $4.71 billion
Total employment: 208,220
Sector: Aircraft, Electronics, Engines