Kentucky to get nation's 1st TNT plant since 1980s

Kentucky to get nation's first TNT plant since 1980s
The U.S. Army has awarded a $435 million contract for Repkon USA to build the nation's only TNT production facility in a rural community in Graham, Ky.
Army awards $435 million to company planning to build TNT production plant in Kentucky
The Army awarded $435 million to Repkon USA, which plans to build the facility in Graham, an unincorporated community in Muhlenburg County, roughly 135 miles southwest of Louisville. TNT is the key ingredient in bombs, grenades and ammunition.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said.
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The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract to build a TNT plant in western Kentucky. Sen. Mitch McConnell was a key player in securing the funding for the site in Muhlenburg County. He says the new facility is part of a broader retooling of the U.S. defense industrial base that's needed to deter adversaries abroad.
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MUHLENBERG COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — The community of Graham will be home to the first domestic source of Trinitrotoluene (TNT ...
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At a press conference on U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announced the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct ...
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