Quote Originally Posted by Danimal View Post
I have to say though that we underestimate Iran and lump them in with other Mideast countries when in reality they are much closer to Russian or other eastern European countries with their levels of education and technical expertise. They have independently engineered nuclear power, and a much more modern society than say Afghanistan.
They tend to buy their expertise, though, not develop it themselves. They didn't independently engineer nuclear power, they stole/bought a good portion of it, at least technology-wise. They have had a modern society, although I believe it has suffered under the current regime. And that rifle does look like they ripped off someone else's design, and I wonder about its quality.