WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Roger Wicker issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued a statement applauding the U.S.-South Korea munitions partnership, highlighting NDAA efforts to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base. The Chairman welcomed the news that Hanwha Defense USA will invest $1.3 billion to build a state-of-the-art facility at Pine Bluff Arsenal to produce critical energetic materials for explosives, propellants, and munitions. This partnership between the U.S. Army and Hanwha exemplifies how allied cooperation can expand U.S. production capacity while modernizing the defense industrial base and enhancing allied deterrence.
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