Czech cabinet to bring arms maker into state hands

PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet has decided to bring ZVI, an ailing privately owned arms producer, into state hands. ZVI signed a $65 million contract in September 2001 to supply 144 20mm Plamen (Flame) cannons and ammunition for the Czech army over the next 15 years, for use in Aero Vodochody's subsonic...

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