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Ken Calvert: “Sierra Nevada got the contract for the so-called doomsday…”

Featuring: Ken Calvert, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 41

Hill & Valley Forum: Tom Mueller, Ken Calvert, Delian Asparouhov

Published May 9, 2024 | Video Starts at 21:33

Well, by the way, it was two finalists, General atomics and Anderol, and both, neither one are prime, and that'll be in the competition. Also, Sierra Nevada got the contract for the so-called doomsday planes that we have in case of nuclear annihilation. We have these two planes that fly around and suppose we have our command on that, and they got, they got the contract for that. (21:33–21:42)

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