Russian state arms seller's plant in Venezuela to achieve capacity operation in 2018 More: http://tass.com/defense/977338

A Kalashnikov plant in Venezuela will achieve capacity operation in 2018, Venezuela’s Vice-President for Economics and Finance, Castro Soteldo, told the media on Friday. "As far as military cooperation is concerned, we have made great progress. One of the main joint projects our countries share is building a plant for manufacturing the world-famous Kalashnikov assault rifle. We hope that next year this plant will achieve capacity operation," said Soteldo, who co-chairs the joint inter-government commission. More...