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To give that number some scale, consider that in 1985, the annual budget of General Dynamics Electric Boat topped out at $400B.[1] Maybe they're saving up for
by feralchimp 15y ago
To give that number some scale, consider that in 1985, the annual budget of General Dynamics Electric Boat topped out at $400B.[1]
Maybe they're saving up for an actual assault on Big Brother.
[1] - http://www.gdeb.com/about/history/centennial/eb-100yrs-7.html http://www.gdeb.com/about/history/centennial/eb-100yrs-7.htm...
- aheilbut 15y agoTo be clear, ~$400B was the US defense budget, not that of General Dynamics.
- feralchimp 15y agoWow, thanks for the correction. Skimming FTL.
- evilduck 15y ago(I formerly worked for GDIT, so this also looked wonky to me) General Dynamics did a little under $32.5 billion in revenue last year, with $2.6 billion in profit. See: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/full_list/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/full_...