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India Gets its Guns

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Aug 16, 2016
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Driven partly by its developing rivalry with China, India is welcoming global gun manufacturers to set up shop to produce small arms including handguns, rifles, carbines, sub-machine guns, light machine guns and grenade launchers.

New investment rules allow private players to establish manufacturing units, sell to Indian defense forces and even cater to …

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