Weapons 101
Weapons, Weapon Systems, Vehicles, Vessels and Military Concepts

This page offers material of a training nature that describes the different types of munitions utilized by the military.  This material does NOT tell how to build weapons such as bombs.  From these links, a contractor may obtain a good working knowledge of the different types of weapons, weapon systems, munitions, vehicles and concepts used by the all branches of the US and foreign militaries.  

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• Munitions & Missiles -- Background on virtually every type of munition and missile.  Bombs, smart weapons, fuzes, guidance, conventional, nuclear, biological and chemical.  Including Air Defense, chemical, biological and nuclear.
• Land, Sea & Air -- Background on ground vehicles and weapon systems, Naval vessels and weapon systems and combat aircraft.  Extensive reference material.

• IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) -- An excellent discussion of IFF, sometimes referred to as Interrogate Friend or Foe.
• JP 3-52 Doctrine for Joint Airspace Control in a Combat Zone -- An excellent reference for background on airspace control measures.  From the Joint Electronic Library.  Requires Acrobat Reader.  This replaced previous link to FM 3-52.
• Fundamentals of Naval Weapon Systems -- A nice overview provided by FAS.