Small Arms, Big Problems | Foreign Affairs

Today I read this article from the current edition of Foreign Affairs. It uses the example of the war in Afghanistan to show some of the workings of the global arms trade. I was surprised to learn how old are the rifles used by the insurgents - many were built in the Soviet Union in the 1950s-1960s, with one exemplar dating from 1915! (a Lee Enfield used by the armies of the British Empire).

Small Arms, Big Problems | Foreign Affairs