Army awards contract to build new TNT production facility in Kentucky

[Talyn]

After sourcing all of its TNT from overseas allies, the U.S. Army has taken a step forward to begin producing the explosive material domestically by awarding a contract to REPKON USA-Defense LLC to design and build a new production facility in Graham, Kentucky.

Army awards contract to build new TNT production facility in Kentucky

The U.S. has picked a location to restart its TNT production domestically as it races to ramp up 155mm production.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Shibadog]

What a concept-producing our own. The obvious question is who and why was this outsourcing ever allowed to begin with!

 

[Keystone19250]

They better be careful with Kentucky.
A food coloring production plant just blew up in Louisville, for the second time.

 

[trader]

imagine if those two plants were to mix up a product run by chance. Red Dye 40 goes boom.