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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

From firing range to factory floor: Inside India’s journey to build a fully indigenous AK-203

Every working day, Neha Mishra shoulders an AK-203 Sher (lion) assault rifle, takes aim and pulls the trigger.

The 23-year-old is not a soldier undergoing weapons training. The shots she fires at the Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) facility in Korwa are part of a critical quality-control process — determining whether a newly manufactured rifle is fit to eventually reach an Indian soldier.

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