Make a Killing From Antiterrorism (Wired)

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SAN DIEGO -- Not too long ago, cops used to wander around trade shows and linger at the booth of a company selling bodysuits to protect against NBC -- nuclear, biological or chemical hazards. "Hope I never need that," they'd say, and move on, leaving the military to actually buy the protection.

Not anymore. "Now they say, 'I need that,'" said Bob Weaver, president of bodysuit company Lanx Fabric Systems, who's watched law enforcement's share of his business quadruple over the last three years. "People who used to avoid things like this are very much engaged."

This week, Weaver hopes to attract even more clients.

With their eyes on a potential prize of another $33 billion in federal funding, Weaver and manufacturers of everything from video cameras to radiation detectors are busy pitching their products to the nation's antiterrorism infrastructure, a market that barely existed during the Clinton era. In many cases, technology developed by the military is making its way to local police and fire departments.

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64215,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

War on terra's good for bidness.

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1. fear is good for business

Our economy would be half the size it is now if Americans weren't the most frightened people on earth.