Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), based in India, is a technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate.1 L&T states it has designed and produced the launch system for the Dhanush nuclear-capable short range ballistic missile.2 The company stated in its 2020-2021 annual report that it does not “manufacture any explosives or ammunition of any kind, including […] nuclear weapons or components of such munitions” nor any delivery systems.3 While L&T operates a Strategic Systems Complex (SSC) in Maharashtra, in which series production of Strategic Weapons Platforms takes place4, further information clarifying as to whether this work is related to the production of key components necessary to the lethality of nuclear weapons, is currently lacking. However, L&T is involved in the production of India’s first nuclear armed ballistic missile submarines, the INS Arihant5, yet these activities fall outside the scope of this report.
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- About L&T Group | L&T Corporate (no date). Available at: About L&T Group | L&T Corporate | L&T India (larsentoubro.com) (Accessed: 9 August 2022).
- New Construction – Defence Shipbuilding | Shipbuilding | L&T India (no date). Available at: https://www.lntshipbuilding.com/products-services/new-construction-defence-shipbuilding/ (Accessed: 5 October 2022).
- ‘INTEGRATED REPORT 2020-21’, Larsen & Toubro (2022), p. 88. Available at: L&T Integrated Report 2020-21 | Sustainable progress for a better world (windows.net).
- Talegaon, Maharashtra (2022) | Larsen & Toubro. Available at: https://www.larsentoubro.com/corporate/about-lt-group/facilities/india/talegaon-maharashtra/
- ‘Defence Shipbuilding. End-to end Solutions’, Larsen & Toubro, p. 4. Available at: https://corpwebstorage.blob.core.windows.net/media/42123/defence-shipbuilding-main-brochure.pdf.