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defense · sector mood
2000
year mood
+0.10
· -0.07 to +0.20 across 12 mo
Monthly mood
bearish −1
+1 bullish
month values ▾
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.10 | +0.10 | +0.10 | +0.10 | +0.10 | +0.10 | +0.10 | +0.10 | +0.10 | -0.07 | +0.20 | +0.20 |
Bush elected, defense buildup and transformation expected
How this mood is scored ▾
Each day the model reads that day's news for the sector and asks, as someone who owns assets or
makes their living in it: how am I feeling this month, and why?
The month's mood is that running answer, tied to the specific events driving it (the story shown
above). It leans on trusted, higher-impact reporting, and on the prior month when a month is
quiet, so one loud headline can't swing it. The read updates daily through
the month; once a month ends, its mood is locked.
This year is read live from the news the pipeline actually collected (hover a bar for its story count).
· last computed Jul 11, 2026
Top defense stories of 2000
Oct
Suicide bombers attack USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors
news.bbc.co.uk →
On October 12, 2000 a small explosives-laden boat detonated against the US Navy destroyer USS Cole as it refueled in Aden, Yemen, tearing a roughly 40-foot hole in the hull, killing 17 sailors and wounding dozens more. The al-Qaeda attack, the deadliest against a US warship since 1987, exposed force-protection gaps and foreshadowed the September 11 attacks.