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Munitions Air Force Research Laboratory The United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is situated at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base. This website provides information concerning the AFRL headquarters, including details of its reading room, corporate strategy, organisation, symposiums, seminars and conferences. There are also links to the AFRL's various directorates: air vehicles, directed energy, human effectiveness, information, materials & manufacturing, munitions, propulsion, sensors and space vehicles. Army Technology Image Gallery Image gallery of equipment, systems and components of the defence industry including; ammunition and fuzes; armoured fighting vehicles and upgrades; artillery and mortars; bridging and breaching equipment; civil defence, security and law enforcement products and services; explosives; small arms; NBC equipment; surveillance systems; and turrets. There is also a section titled projects which features air defence missile systems, anti-armour missiles, armoured fighting vehicles, artillery systems, attack helicopters, main battle tanks, support helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Once pictures have been selected, clicking on them takes you to a profile of the equipment and details of the manufacturer. Cluster Munitions: A Forseeable Hazard in Iraq This web site provides access to the full text of a briefing paper issued by Human Rights watch in March 2003. The paper warns against the use of cluster bombs by Allied forces during the 2003 Iraq War. Evidence of the dangers of this type of weapon for the civilian population is presented from the 1991 Gulf War. Grenades, Mines and Boobytraps A comprehensive enthusiast website covering hand grenades, rifle grenades, landmines, boobytraps and demolition charges, and their related fuzes. Details include information on their construction, use and functionality. The manuals, documents and images are mostly historical and relate to hand-held grenades from 52 countries around the world. Copyright for the website belongs to the site author and the content is intended for non-commercial, individual use only. Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Newsletter This site provides the full text of the quarterly newsletter of MSIAC from 2000 to the present in PDF format. Formerly know as the NATO Insensitive Munitions Information Center (NIMIC), MSIAC's aim is to aid NATO countries in improving the safety of weapons and weapon platforms in combat and peacekeeping operations. It supports the military, governments, industry and academia through its technical analysis. The site links to the MSIAC homepages. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd Rafael, Advanced Defense Systems Ltd undertakes research, development and production of defence systems for air, land, sea and space applications in co-operation with the Israeli Defence Forces and other armed forces. They also develop commercial applications and are involved with technology transfer. The site provides details of products and capabilities, news and events. Ticking Time Bombs: NATOs Use of Cluster Munitions in Yugoslavia: Human Rights Watch 1999 This web site contains the full text of a report published by the human rights watchdog Human Rights Watch. It examines the use of particular types of weapons during the NATO bombing campaign against the Federal republic of Yugoslavia. Their adverse effect on the number of casualties and conditions experienced by civilians are detailed. |
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