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Incorporation of CL-20 on Three Munitions Proposed by HASC Panel

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 13th, 2023

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Incorporation of CL-20 on Three Munitions Proposed by HASC Panel

An explosive charge detonates during ordnance training in preparation for Friendship Day 2023, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan on March 26 (U.S. Marine Corps Photo)

The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel would require DoD to begin a pilot program for the incorporation of the CL-20 explosive on three munitions that do not use CL-20, the panel said in its proposed section of the committee's draft fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill. The panel also said that the Pentagon should "conduct an assessment of the supply chains for energetic materials and the status of the energetics industrial base." The Energetics Technology…

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