JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This case requires this Circuit to decide for the first time whether the so-called "military contractor defense" is available to shield a private defense contractor from liability to a serviceman killed as a result of an alleged design defect in the contractor's product. We hold that this Circuit will recognize such a defense, but we frame that defense and the rationales behind it somewhat differently from other circuits that have considered...
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