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Those with vested interests in the military-industrial complex were celebrating as the stock market showed defence companies increasing their share prices. American company Raytheon, manufactures the Tomahawk Cruise Missiles used in Trump’s attack on Syria. On the 7th of April Raytheon stocks jumped 1.47%. Meanwhile, US aerospace defence company Lockheed-Martin trading up .28% UK defence contractor BAE systems increased its share price a whopping 1.5% At the same time the price of Brent Crude hit its highest levels in a month. For some, big war is big money.