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"As my high school football coach always quipped, 'Offense may win fans, but defense wins games,'" says leading growth stock expert Louis Basenese.

Here, the Oxford Club associate investment director takes a look at his three favorite defense stocks, noting, "When it comes to investing in the current environment, I'm convinced that you can't go wrong with this trio of companies."

"In my view, this sector willl never fall out of favor. The recent development with Russia serves to underscore another point I'v

"Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance -- or C4ISR -- is the new face of the military," says Gregg Early.

The tech expert and executive editor of Personal Finance explains, "Big projects always grab headlines, but the true growth companies are those rebuilding our military's strategic capabilities."

"The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS, or 'jitters') is the next-generation voice-and-data radio for use by the US military in field operations after 2010.

"Boeing was the program manager of the first phase and bungled the job.

"But things are b

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"Regardless of how bad the broad market is hurting, one sector has shown an uncanny ability to take a punch: aerospace & defense," notes David Fessler.

In the industry-leading The Oxford Club explains, "That’s because U.S.defense spending is uncorrelated with interest rates, inflation, housing prices, consumer confidence and the like." Here, he looks at L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL).

"All told, America’s military machine will eat up $648 billion this year. Spending on new weapons, ammunition, logistics, communications and other services will be the highest on record. As long as budgets are s

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