Army says US to restart domestic TNT production at plant in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Kentucky: The U.S. Army announced this week that it has awarded a US$435 million contract to construct a TNT production facility in western Kentucky.

According to officials, this will become the nation's first domestic source of the explosive in decades.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was instrumental in securing funding for the project. He stated that the new TNT facility in his hom