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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...n-u-s-defense-contract-pentagon-idUSKBN1JN36Q
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A. Finkl & Sons Co, a unit of Schmolz & Bickenbach AG, has been awarded a $420 million U.S. defense contract for BLU-137/B penetrator warhead production, the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday.
The contract provides for the production of the warhead bodies with a guaranteed production of 300 bodies during the first year with a possibility of up to 3,500 bodies in the subsequent four years, the statement said.
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The BLU-137/B is a 'penetrator'-type bunker buster bomb developed by the Air Force. See
USAF procures new and improved 'bunker buster' bombs | Jane's 360. So why do we need 3,800 bunker buster bombs? Iran? NK?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A. Finkl & Sons Co, a unit of Schmolz & Bickenbach AG, has been awarded a $420 million U.S. defense contract for BLU-137/B penetrator warhead production, the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday.
The contract provides for the production of the warhead bodies with a guaranteed production of 300 bodies during the first year with a possibility of up to 3,500 bodies in the subsequent four years, the statement said.
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The BLU-137/B is a 'penetrator'-type bunker buster bomb developed by the Air Force. See
USAF procures new and improved 'bunker buster' bombs | Jane's 360. So why do we need 3,800 bunker buster bombs? Iran? NK?