Stocks Mkt & Investing: "U.S. military satisfied after missile defense test"

The U.S. military is taking a victory lap after a  successful missile defense test  involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic missile. An ICBM-type missile fired from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands toward Alaska was intercepted by a missile fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Boeing (NYSE: BA ) is the prime contractor on the defense system. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN ), Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA ) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC ) are sub-contractors.