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The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Slow Motion for General Dynamics Investors fear that decreasing sales in the coming year may threaten the defense contractor's stock price.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Rich Smith	The Best Offense All the talk of defense spending cuts has taken its toll on General Dynamics' stock over the past few weeks, knocking it down about 4% since the beginning of the year, and another percent or so on Friday.
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The Motley Fool October 28, 2009 Rich Smith	General Dynamics vs. the Recession Matched against a global recession, General Dynamics has come away this quarter looking like the proverbial 98-pound weakling.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop Becomes a Guinea Pig Backlog refers to orders that have been booked and are expected to become revenue but haven't yet. Let's take a deeper look at backlog, using Northrop Grumman's fourth-quarter and full-year reports as an example.
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The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Rich Smith	3 Top Defense Sector Stocks Raytheon, Lockheed, and General Dynamics carry strong balance sheets, while their valuations appear attractive relative to their growth prospects.
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