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Netherlands Receives First Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missiles

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Friday, October 12th, 2007

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] Oct. 9 announced the delivery of the first PAC-3 missiles to government and military representatives of the Netherlands recently in a ceremony held at its manufacturing facility in Camden, Ark. The Netherlands became the "launch," or first international customer, to buy the PAC-3 Missile in 2005, when it purchased missiles through a Foreign Military Sales contract with the U.S. government. "Today, The Netherlands is proud to be the first international launch customer for the PAC-3 Missile, just…

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