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Gains later pared some gains, and while large European defense stocks are up on average between 5% and 10% since the first strikes, Rheinmetall is largely flat over that period.
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The first strike destroyed a building housing an office of al-Qard al-Hasan in the southern suburb of Chiyah.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
Now in its sixth day, the latest Middle East conflict continues to widen – with the US sinking an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka and Iran being accused of attacking Azerbaijan in the first strikes on the country since the beginning of the conflict, a claim Iran denies.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
In the wake of the first strikes on Iran, Polymarket briefly allowed trades on when a nuclear weapon was likely to be detonated.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The first strike destroyed a building housing an office of al-Qard al-Hasan in the southern suburb of Chiyah.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
Now in its sixth day, the latest Middle East conflict continues to widen – with the US sinking an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka and Iran being accused of attacking Azerbaijan in the first strikes on the country since the beginning of the conflict, a claim Iran denies.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
In the wake of the first strikes on Iran, Polymarket briefly allowed trades on when a nuclear weapon was likely to be detonated.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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