The Firearm Blog

A.R.M.S who manufacture AR-15 sights and mounts, and of whom the US military is customer, have developed a flashlight mount for the AR-15 called the Ring of Fire.

Photos Copyright Remigiusz Wilk (REMOV). Used with permission.

It is not hard to see how it got its’ name. The ROF can hold 6 flashlights. It could be used to hold IR lights or high intensity flashlight (for blinding people), lasers or any combination.

UPDATE: A couple more photos by SMGLee. It looks smaller than it does in the above photo.

Click to expand. Photo ⓒ Chen “SMGLee” Lee. Used with permission.

Click to expand. Photo ⓒ Chen “SMGLee” Lee. Used with permission.

Russia Today reports:

Russia will give Venezuela a credit for $US 1 billion, a Kremlin source said to RIA Novosti news agency. The money will give a boost to the military co-operation between the two countries.

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Venezuela has become a major buyer of Russian military hardware recently. Caracas has purchased 100,000 AK-103 assault rifles along with 40 Su-30MK2 jet fighters and about 50 combat helicopters, says Interfax-military news agency. On the future shopping list are 20 Tor-M1 air defence systems and three or more submarines.

The Russian defense budget for 2009 is $46 billion. So this loan is worth 2.17% of annual Russian defense spending. No small amount!

The Economist has a nice graph showing firearm ownership throughout the world.

Click here for the high res version.