【叙利亚空袭】“落下”的是炸弹，“疯涨”的是（军火公司）股价 [英国媒体]

As the bombs fall on Syria, one company’s share price reaches a record high

【叙利亚空袭】“落下”的是炸弹，“疯涨”的是（军火公司）股价

On 14 April, the UK, France and the US bombed Syria. But one company, in particular, seems to be doing very well amid the conflict. And that company, Raytheon, is one of the world’s largest arms companies. It’s the one that manufactured the bombs Donald Trump used to attack Syria in 2017.

4月14日，英国，法国和美国轰炸了叙利亚。但有一家公司在这场冲突中，似乎表现的很抢眼。这家公司，即雷神公司，是世界上最大的军火公司之一。特朗普在2017年攻击叙利亚，用的也是这家公司制造的炸弹。

Good for business
Raytheon’s share price hit an at least 20-year record high on 13 April, as the conflict intensified:

对于企业是利好消息：
随着冲突的加剧，4月13日，雷神公司股价创下至少是20年以来的新高：

 

As the above chart shows, war is great business if you’re an arms dealer. This isn’t the first time Raytheon’s shares have spiked during conflict. On the morning after Trump used 59 of its Tomahawk missiles to bomb Syria in April 2017, company shares soared. The company added $1bn to its market value. But during the recent escalation in tensions, the company’s value has risen even further.

如上图所示，如果你是军火商，那么战争真的是一笔大生意。这并不是雷神公司股票——在战争中——第一次出现飙升。特朗普2017年4月使用59枚战斧导弹轰炸叙利亚之后的第二天早上，公司股价飙升。该公司的市值增加了10亿美元。而随着最近紧张局势升级，该公司的市值将会进一步上升。

Raytheon exports its wares across the world. In the last five years, Raytheon has sold weapons to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Kuwait and Pakistan. This includes selling its Paveway IV bomb to Saudi Arabia – a bomb that Campaign Against Arms Trade says was used in airstrikes against Yemen.

雷神公司将其产品出口到世界各地。在过去的五年中，雷神公司向沙特阿拉伯、以色列、科威特和巴基斯坦出售过武器。其中包括向沙特阿拉伯出售“宝石路”4号炸弹，而“反对军火贸易运动”（Campaign Against Arms Trade）表示，这种炸弹被用于空袭也门。

Truly international
Raytheon is a US company. But it has a presence around the world. In Saudi Arabia, for example, it employs400 people. And in May 2017, it boasted of a “new chapter” with Saudi Arabia, focusing on:
Air defense systems
Smart munitions
Command, control, communications, computer and intelligence
Cybersecurity for defense systems and platforms

真正的国际化
雷神公司是一家美国公司。但它在世界各地都有分支。例如，在沙特阿拉伯，它雇佣了400人。在2017年5月，它声称自己与沙特阿拉伯的合作进入了“新篇章”，主要关注的领域有：防空系统；智能武器；指挥、控制、通信、计算机和情报；系统和平台的网络安全

The UK also has its own branch of Raytheon. In fact, the Paveway IV bomb was developed in the UK. When the first $200m international contracts were announced for the Paveway IV in 2014, it was hailed as an “export boost to the UK”.

英国也有雷神公司的分支机构。事实上，“宝石路IV”炸弹就是在英国开发的。2014年签署了第一批价值两亿美元的“宝石路IV炸弹”的合同时，合同被宣布后，当时这被誉为“对英国出口的振兴”。

These companies are making a killing from war. So if we want to stop war we have to follow the money. We should protest outside Downing Street. But if we really want to have an impact, we also have to direct our anger at the people profiting from death and destruction.

这些公司正在从战争中大发横财。所以如果我们想要停止战争，我们就必须追寻这些资金的动态。我们应该在唐宁街外抗议。但是，如果我们真的想要产生影响，我们也必须把我们的愤怒引向那些发战争财的人。

Roberto Zanconi
No doubt.

毫无疑问

Burt Baker
it makes you wonder if there where no conflicts there would be no need the arms manufacturors, we seem to go from one conflict after another, how much influence do these arms companies have over military decisions, and how much influence via the back doors do these companies have in the countries concerned exceleration of conflict.

这会让你思考，如果没有战争那么就不需要这些武器制造商。我们似乎总是从一场冲突走向下一场冲突，这些军火公司对于军事政策决策到底有多大的影响？并且，这些军火公司通过不正当途径，能对那些害怕冲突升级的国家产生多大的影响？
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David Stockman ·
As long as there are greedy people making money out of wars there will always be wars.

只要有发战争财的贪婪之徒，就会有战争。