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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Scorpene subs to have a Kerala touch

Scorpene-class Submarine |The Indian Navy's soon-to-be-inducted next generation Scorpene 'killer' submarines, currently being constructed at the Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai, under a multi-billion dollar French deal will feature speciality rubber components from the state's latex county.

The Kottayam-based Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) has developed the special silicone rubber formulation which will be used to develop components for the submarines.

The synthetic rubber formulation was developed by the RRII under a research and development project granted by the National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding (Nirdesh), the country's biggest research institute in defence shipbuilding, coming up at Chaliyam in Kozhikode.

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