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Defense contractors benefit from war spending
[quote The cruise missiles are among the most costly munitions, at $600,000 to $1 million each, depending on the configuration, according to Navy and Raytheon figures. The $62.6 billion supplemental appropriation, which will be added to this year's $379 billion defense budget, allows the Pentagon to avoid taking money from other weapons programs to pay for war operations and replacement munitions, Sam Pearlstein, a defense analyst for Wachovia Securities, said.
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