WKMS– The United States is getting back into the TNT game for the first time in nearly four decades.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the announcement Friday alongside local and federal Kentucky officials and members of the U.S. military in Greenville, Kentucky.
During a press conference at the local VFW Post, McConnell identified trinitrotoluene – better known as TNT – as a critical explosive for Air Force weaponry, from hand grenades to aircraft bombs, and a key investment priority for the Army. That U.S. investment comes courtesy of a $435 million military contract for Repkon USA – an aerospace and defense manufacturer – to build and operate the first domestic source of the explosive chemical in the Bluegrass State.
McConnell said the future Muhlenberg County facility is part of a larger effort “to get America ready to prevent war by being strong.” more
Making Manufacturing Great Again..
Good to bring it back into America.
However – this is McConnell in his ‘home’ state, so I wonder how much he is investing in Repkon…
All elected officials should be required to publicly divulge every investment they make into any American or foreign company.
I hope there’s room in Kentucky for some of the bureaucrats they kick out of DC
We need to get some lead mines re-opened.
am I incorrect or is this a Turkish firm building a plant in the USA
This brings to mind one of my favorite quotations:
“‘Cause I’m TNT, I’m dynamite”
Sure sounds better than:
“‘Cause I’m trinitrotoluene, I’m nitroglycerin”
@paracelsus — Yes, REPKON is a Turkish manufacturing company.
We have been getting our TNT from countires that hate us? Wow, how stupid has our government been? (That is a rhetorical question.)
Well there ya go, BOOM!
FM256 Turn that question around, how much is REPKON investing in McConnel?
More to blow up the swamp with.
It will take a lot to level DC. Good luck to them.
@Ben Tover
Didn’t think of that – probably goes both ways – ALL to McConnel