Saturday, January 03, 2009

The Next Generation

Anatoli Isaikin, the Director General of the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, met recently with the creator of the Kalashnikov rifles, the head of the Izhmash Company, Mikhail Kalashnikov. The meeting’s objective was to look into developing a new generation of AK-100 series rifles. [More]
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2 comments:

jon said...

that's pretty exciting. it will drive down the cost of the AK-47 and its clones, if it turns out any good.

Anonymous said...

"Also, with no civilian market, what incentive is there for manufacturers to develop the "next new thing" in military arms? "
EXCELLENT point. People forget the U.S. government hasn't made guns since the 1950's. If Springfield Armory or Colt couldn't sell rifles to the public.... would the even be around?