Rajnath visits top naval facilities to bolster US-India defence ties

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has visited one of the world's largest and most technically advanced water tunnel facilities for testing submarines and other naval weapons in the US, amidst a proposal for the establishment of a similar facility for indigenous design and development in India.

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Singh is in the US on a fourday official visit to further boost the comprehensive global strategic partnership between the US and India.

Singh, as a part of his ongoing tour to the US, visited the William B Morgan Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) in the Naval Surface Warfare Centre (NSWC) in Memphis, Tennessee. The LCC is one of the world's largest and most technically advanced water tunnel facilities for testing submarines, torpedoes, naval surface ships and propellers.

Singh was briefed at the facility and he witnessed an actual tunnel experiment. The discussions also intend to support the ongoing proposal for the establishment of a similar facility for indigenous design and development in India, the Press Information Bureau said in an official press release on Singh's visit to the LLC.