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The US DOD Defense Link is the official web site of the US Department of Defense. The site provides official news, special reports, and links to other DOD websites. The US Army homepage links to Army News (with embedded photos), the Army Center for Military History, the Army Reserve, National Guard, and ROTC, selected Army photos and an Army photo archive (not current news photos), Army recruiting, and many more related sites, and an index of all US Army websites. The US Army Center for Military History photo collection includes photos from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and more. The official website of the US Navy links to Navy news, a searchable gallery of Navy news photos and a similar but smaller gallery of current photos from around the fleet, Navy ships info, an index of links to all other US Navy websites, and more. The US Marine Corps website includes Marines news and info on deployed forces, an image archive, and more, and is searchable and has a site map. US Marine Corps' Aircraft, Vehicles, and Equipment is a database of Marine gear arranged alphabetically by categories, with info, specs, and photos. The US Air Force portal site includes USAF news, a current Ops Center (for Ops like Iraqi Freedom), and a gallery of current USAF photos (updated daily), recruiting and career info, and a complete index of over 600 USAF websites. Cockpit Physics includes tutorials from the Air Force Academy, including "physics of ejection", "pulling g's", and the "physics of munitions delivery". The British Army site includes a section for serving soldiers, info on Army careers, units and organisations, and equipment, a photo gallery, and more. The Royal Navy (UK) site has info on their fleet, operations, careers, the Royal Marines, RN news and events, and more. The Royal Air Force (UK) site includes info on units and stations, news and events, a photo gallery and videos, aircraft and armament info, RAF history and careers, and more. The Canadian Army has info on the organization, equipment, and missions of the Canadian Army, and more, with photos. The Canadian Navy has info on the Canadian fleet, navy news, history, and career info, a reading room, photos, and more. The Canadian Air Force site includes news, info on their organization, aircraft, and history, a library and photo gallery, and more. The Australian Army site includes Australian Army news, info on East Timor ops, recruitment, basic info, history, a photo gallery, and more. The Royal Australian Navy has Navy news, info on the fleet, naval history and careers, facts and figures, a photo gallery, and more. The Royal Australian Air Force site has RAAF info, history and careers, bases and units, links to RAAF aicraft photos and specs, etc. War, Peace and Security has over 8700 browsable links to armed forces of the world, info on military art and science, biography and history, contemporary conflicts, int'l org.s and relations, and peace and disarmament, from the Information Services Center of the Canadian Forces College. Military.com is building an online home for the more than 80 million Americans with ties to the military, with features such as a personnel locator, a pay and benefits guide, a worldwide base guide, a free online Uniformed Serviceman's Almanac, Chat and discussion on hot topics of community interest, daily military news and information, 20,000 homepages for units, ships and squadrons, and US and foreign military hardware profiles. The Strategy Page, edited by military book author James Dunnigan, features current military news, plus articles on "leadership, peacetime operations, intelligence, information warfare and the like". Army-Technology.com has an excellent database of info about and photos of current Army weaponry, with links to all suppliers, plus info on defense companies, exhibitions, and organizations. The Federation of American Scientists Imagery Intelligence section has images from spy planes and satellites, including many images from the Corona ('Discoverer') spy satellite project, taken between 1960 and 1972, now declassified. Alex Chirnside's Military History is an extensive site that highlights 20 major events in military history, with more being added. The Geometry of War, 1500-1750 includes an essay and 81 illustrations depicting European battlefield geometry of the period. War Online is a free, web-based war strategy game. The Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation Project CBW Weapons page has information of major chemical and biological warfare agents and their distribution worldwide. |
Iraq War: see Iraq News & Weather US Dept. of Defense: Defend America US Army: Op. Iraqi Freedom USMC: News (home) -- photos US Navy: Newsstand -- photos USAF: Op. Iraqi Freedom -- photos UK Defence: Op. Telic (Iraq) -- photos CSIS: Iraqi Armed Forces .pdf GlobSecOrg: Iraqi Ground Forces Russian Armor 1915-1997 Military.com: War with Iraq GlobalSecurity.org: Target Iraq The Strategy Page: Iraq War Digital Globe: Satellite Photos of Iraq Military NewsFeedDirect NewsFeeds - Try NEWS SEARCHSee also (news, search, links): US Government Aviation NASA History Military Personnel Locator: free registration required |
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From Sizing up the Iraqi Army Thomas Houlahan, UPI -- Saturday, March 1, 2003 ...There are around 670 T-72 tanks, 620 BMP Infantry Fighting Vehicles and 320 artillery pieces in the Republican Guard's three armored divisions and one mechanized division. The T-72 is a 1970s vintage tank, and is no match for an Abrams or a Challenger. Iraq's BMPs are also mostly 1970s vintage. They are thinly armored firetraps. It is virtually impossible to hit an Iraqi BMP without hitting a fuel tank or internally stored ammunition. Iraq's BMPs even have fuel tanks located in their rear doors. They are also badly underarmed. Most fire a weak, inaccurate 73mm main-gun round and mount an equally inaccurate anti-tank missile that cannot penetrate American or British main battle tanks.... |
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