Do-it-yourself weaponry.

Discusses the process by which Third-world countries are establishing their own indigenous weapons industries. Brazil today fields its own line of armored vehicles--main battle tanks, wheeled tank destroyers, armored personnel carriers, reconnaissance vehicles, and scout cars. Brazil, India, and South Korea are leaders in a growing group of developing countries that are attempting to replace imported arms with domestically manufactured weapons. India topped the list of Third World arms producers, follow'` ed by Israel, South Africa, Brazil, Taiwan, North Korea, Argentina, South Korea, and Egypt. Eight Third World countries--Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Israel, South Africa, South Korea, and Taiwan--are now able to design and produce all four types of major conventional weapons as well as small arms and ammunition. The most advanced Third World producers of conventional arms are those countries with known or suspected nuclear weapons research and development programs: Argentina, Brazil, India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Africa. INSET: Weapons: How and what the Third World produced, 1982-87..