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India's engineering conglomerate Larsen and Toubro Ltd, which has formed a Joint venture

(JV) with Frances MBDA to develop and supply missiles and missile systems to the Indian

armed forces, is looking at Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat to set up the plant, a senior

official said here on Friday.

He also said the company would be setting up a battle tank plant at Hazira in Gujarat.

"We are looking at Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and even Gujarat to set up the missile and

missile systems plant, which would involve an outlay of around Rs 500 crore.

The location of the plant depends on the incentives these state governments would offer," Jayat

D. Patil, member of the Board and Whole Time Director (Defence Business) L&T, told reporters.

Patil was here to participate in the launch function of the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)

built by L&T Shipbuilding Ltd at the shipyard at Kattupalli near here.

According to Patil, the engineering conglomerate has been supplying a major portion of the

missile systems and it was a natural extension for the company to get into manufacturing

the entire systems.

L&T and the French major MDBA had earlier in the year announced the 51:49 joint venture

for the missile and missile systems business.

They also announced the name of the joint venture company as L&T MBDA Missile Systems

Ltd.

According to Patil, the missile systems project and the tracked vehicle project would involve

an outlay of around Rs 1,000 crore.

Patil said L&T plans to increase the share of revenue from defence business in its standalone

turnover to around 10 per cent by 2021 from the current 4-5 per cent.

He said L&T has been in defence related products since 1985, initially doing research and development

(R&D) and then got into production when the sector was opened up.

For more infomation >> L&T looking at options in three states to set up Rs 500 crore m!ssile systems plant - Duration: 2:05.

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Mark Lawrenson states his prediction for Liverpool v Huddersfield | News Now | #LFC - Live Update HD - Duration: 2:08.

Mark Lawrenson is predicting that Liverpool will return to winning ways in the Premier

League on Saturday when they host Huddersfield at Anfield.

The Reds have had a week off to reflect on the disappointment of their 4-1 loss to Tottenham

at Wembley last weekend as they lost further ground in the Premier League title race.

That defeat by Spurs left Liverpool down in ninth place in the Premier League table and

12 points behind leaders Manchester City as they bid to try and get themselves back into

the title race this season.

Huddersfield head into the game fresh from their impressive 2-1 victory over Manchester

United last weekend after they became the first team to beat Jose Mourinho's men this

season.

However, former Liverpool star Lawrenson is tipping the Reds to bounce back and claim

all three points this weekend at Anfield.

Speaking to BBC Sport, Lawrenson said: "I have got it wrong when I have backed Liverpool

recently – but this is definitely a game I expect them to win.

"What is more important than my prediction is what Reds boss Jurgen Klopp does with his

team after their heavy defeat at Tottenham.

"Will he stick with his defenders and goalkeeper and say to them: 'You were awful last week,

but go and prove to me you are better than that?'

"Huddersfield were fantastic against United, and got exactly what they deserved – but

I am expecting to see a reaction from Liverpool, which is why I am backing them again this

week too."

Liverpool are aiming to improve on their fourth-placed finish in the Premier League last season as

they look to try and challenge for the title this term.

For more infomation >> Mark Lawrenson states his prediction for Liverpool v Huddersfield | News Now | #LFC - Live Update HD - Duration: 2:08.

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North Korea developing 'DEVIL'S VENOM' to wipe out United States - Duration: 3:03.

North Korea developing 'DEVIL'S VENOM' to wipe out United States

US experts are warning there is evidence Kim Jong-un's regime is producing the volatile liquid to power intercontinental missiles (ICBMs) capable of reaching the US mainland.

The hermit kingdom used to import the propellant, whose scientific name is unsymmetrical di-methyl-hydrazine (UDMH), from China and Russia. But recent UN sanctions slapped on the country last month mean its imports have dried up.

Jeffrey Lewis, the director of the East Asia Non-proliferation programme at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, California, warned North Korea could easily have produced stockpiles of the fuel.

"North Korea is hardly so backwards that UDMH production would come as a surprise" Jeffrey Lewis He said: "North Korea is hardly so backwards that UDMH production would come as a surprise.

"Over the years, a variety of liquid and solid rocket propellants have been found in seized cargoes from North Korea." And the toxic fuel is so dangerous that the United States stopped using it years ago, with space agency NASA even issuing a warning about it.

UDMH was also the fuel used in the Soviet Union rocket disaster in 1960 that killed at least 124 people.

Ankit Panda, the Asia analyst at The Diplomat said yesterday: "Nothing about [North Korea's] missile testing patterns suggests they're vulnerable to supply shocks from an overseas supplier, be it China or Russia, cutting them off.

"All signs point to a domestic propellant and oxidizer manufacturing base that's sufficient to fuel its own missiles." It comes as North Korea said its threat to carry out a huge nuclear test of the Pacific Ocean should be taken "literally".

The foreign minister is very well aware of the intentions of our supreme leader, so I think you should take his words literally, Ri Yong Pil, a senior diplomat in North Koreas Foreign Ministry said this week.

For more infomation >> North Korea developing 'DEVIL'S VENOM' to wipe out United States - Duration: 3:03.

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How Ground Water is Affected in the Western United States - Duration: 1:47.

Wyoming is the water tower of the west.

But we know so little about

the mountain hydrology.

We have this key drainage happening

at the top of the country

contributing water and driving the water flow.

Elevation is needed to drive the water flow.

So it's literally flowing downhill from Wyoming

and we're trying to understand how it happens.

We have very little information

about a process that happens underground

where, how, when the water enters the subsurface.

The Blair-Wallis well field is one of very few

research well fields in the western USA devoted to

understand ground water process

in fractured bedrock

in the mountains.

The purpose of the pumping test

was to investigatebthe pore spaces,

the openings in the subsurface fractures,

which are providing our drinking water resources.

From these water level responses

we can use a computer model.

Our hope is that our method

can help us better interpret the data

so we can get more information from the data.

In the real world, data is always limited.

We cannot drill wells all over the mountain

because by the process of drilling all the wells

we are changing hydrology.

In the near future

we may have a higher population, greater demand for water

and we need to understand these mountain aquifers now

so we can better manage and sustainably use these resources

in the future.