NationStates Jolt Archive

Defense websites, can't live, research RP technology or RP without them! For pictures, weapons R&D and RP ideas I often use the following:

http://www.sinodefence.com/ (I've sort of named my country after it. LOL!)

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/ (Where I get some my pictures for RPs.)

http://www.china-defense.com/ (Very comprehnsive articles.)

http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/index.html (Good information and images for my Air Force and Navy.)

NEW Addition: http://www.israeli-weapons.com (Detailed information on Israeli weapons, multimedia samples too.)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/ (THE most comprehesive of defense information. Incredibly wideranging and indepth.)

http://www.fas.org (Same as Global Security in many aspects of the weapons section as both are maintained by the same Mr. John Pike. When the pictures of links in Global Security don't work, try identical pages in FAS.)

http://world.guns.ru/ (Good place to find information and pictures regarding small arms.)

http://www.warlink.com/ (A comprehensive collections of Chinese weapons and military history articles.)

http://www.zgjunshi.com/ (Another Chinese website devoted to defense.)

http://www.aeronautics.ru/ (One of the best websites regarding military aircraft.)

http://www.google.com (You'd stupid if you don't know the world's greatest search engine!)


What are some of your favorites?

What are some of your favorites?

Everything you just listed :D.

I've been having trouble finding a website to use to build the armies of one of my 'puppets' (I say 'puppets' because this is more like a puppet, and I don't like that term anyway as it implies one nation is controlling another), but now I've got a ruck. Cheers!

Everything you just listed :D.

I've been having trouble finding a website to use to build the armies of one of my 'puppets' (I say 'puppets' because this is more like a puppet, and I don't like that term anyway as it implies one nation is controlling another), but now I've got a ruck. Cheers!

May I ask of what culture/race is your puppet? Some of the Chinese links are not suitable.

Is this forum full of tree-hugging pinko scum? Why am I the only one sharing such information?

May I ask of what culture/race is your puppet? Some of the Chinese links are not suitable.

No I know, but the ones that aren't Chinese-specific are very useful. Heck, even the Chinese ones could be of some small use.

No I know, but the ones that aren't Chinese-specific are very useful. Heck, even the Chinese ones could be of some small use.

Yeah, like when you RP buying Chinese weapons!

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=354946

Yeah, like when you RP buying Chinese weapons!

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=354946

Heh, that's sort-of the vain I was thinking. What I need most at the moment are some number statistics, you know, how many tanks each nation has. Stuff like that. Something to base my numbers off. Gorkon's a bigger nation than the US and I was stuck in my early-newb days, saying I had only hundreds of tanks. One of those websites suggested the US had thousands of MBTs alone :S. I need to do some research :D. Thanks for those, though; I'll have a proper look through them later. I'm at work now so I just had a glance through.

I think you'd probably get more responses if this was in the NS forum.

iMove

Stephanie
Game Moderator

I think you'd probably get more responses if this was in the NS forum.

iMove

Stephanie
Game Moderator

Isn't this where it was before someone moved it to General :confused: ?

hmm , I don't know. Was it moved before? I don't see why, it appears to be an OCC discussion about RP. I believe it belongs here. I admit I'm not one of the RP mods, but it seems to belong here. *Shrug*

http://www.naval-technology.com/

The other SPD sites found under links (Aerospace, Army, Air Force) are also quite good.

http://www.naval-technology.com/

The other SPD sites found under links (Aerospace, Army, Air Force) are also quite good.

Dammit! I forgot about those. Thanks for the reminder, mate.

BUMP

Anybody got anything to add?

http://www.fas.org/main/home.jsp

It's pretty similar to globalsecurity.org

(Tag)

I belive FAs and global security are pretty mcuh the same sites but with different lay outs

Anyway:
the place for helos and other oddities (yes where i got a lot of ideas for my rotodynes):
http://avia.russian.ee/


A very good site for small arms and medium cal weapons tech:
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/


tanks, tank tech and more tanks:
http://www.ciar.org/ttk/mbt/

and many many more, but as sino said a goggle search does the job most of the time and will take you right to correct page in the good sites.

http://www.mil.fi .

Tag. :p

Though GlobalSecurity seems to have more newer information on some cases...

Anyways, most valuable links are already posted... Though I could add these;

http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/
http://members.surfeu.fi/stefan.allen/index.html
And to some extent, http://en.wikipedia.org

true but soemtimes it can be hard to spot as FAS puts everything in the one big page while GS spreads it out and adds interesting links to related sections.
of coruse both of them feature the same abundance of dead links...

Well yes, but only the Army has *some* descriptions of their stuff in English... For Navy and AF equipment, you'd need to understand Finnish.
Though this Insignia of rank (http://www.mil.fi/varusmies/arvomerkki/index_en.dsp) page is pretty nice.

Actually. I've found every info at there in English.
As you can see in my storefront.

Here's a site for you: Jane's (http://www.janes.com). It's easily one of the best references out there, although it's very pricey.

For all you futuretech fans out there who may wish to get inspiration from Gundam, as well as Gundam fans:

Mecha Anime HQ -> I forgot the link, do a search on Yahoo on something and you should be able to find it. Sorry guys!

Oh, and Patrick's Battletech Archives are pretty interesting too. :)
www.kerensky.tierranet.com or something like that.

Darn, my memory sucks lol. :)

For all you futuretech fans out there who may wish to get inspiration from Gundam, as well as Gundam fans:

Mecha Anime HQ -> I forgot the link, do a search on Yahoo on something and you should be able to find it. Sorry guys!

Oh, and Patrick's Battletech Archives are pretty interesting too. :)
www.kerensky.tierranet.com or something like that.

Darn, my memory sucks lol. :)

i think it's http://mahq.net , not sure though, i'm too lazy to check.

I don't share my favorites :D, but here are some links.
http://www.strategypage.com/default.asp
http://hemsidor.torget.se/users/k/klix/grader_e.html
http://www.rankinsignia.info/
http://www.hazegray.org/
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/1630/fortifications.htm

I have the official web sites for the militaries of about 45 nations, so if you want to see a particular site, say so and I'll see if I have it. Although I have India, I will not give you any links for it...Last I checked, their sites had viruses.
Actually, if you want a site on any particular military subject, say so and I'll look through my bookmarks...I have maybe 150.

true but soemtimes it can be hard to spot as FAS puts everything in the one big page while GS spreads it out and adds interesting links to related sections.I think if you want to look through all of a type of system (such as tanks), FAS is better, but if you want to find stuff from a certain nation, GS is better.

Some of mine -

www.g2mil.com - Good magazine there. Some interesting points and articles.

www.militaryphotos.net/forums - although the site is obviously related to military photography, it's forums are quite interesting, and does contain good information.

www.acig.org - an excellent site about air combat and milutary aerospace. Quite a few articles and an excellent forum

www.edefenseonline.com - more like an online magazine, if you like aircraft and is really interested in the spectrum of avionics. Quite interesting.

www.achtungpanzer.com/panzer.htm - though not related to modern defence information, it is an interesting site if you are interested about German armored vehicles and tanks in WWII.

globalsecurity.mil
military.com (it really has some stuff in it)
Jane's
RLeeErmey.org (forums, military based, you can ask and they guys really know what they're talking about)

I think these have already been posted, but I use these as a standard:

http://www.army-technology.com/
http://www.naval-technology.com/
http://www.airforce-technology.com/
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/index.html

http://www.fas.org/main/home.jsp

It's pretty similar to globalsecurity.org

Damn! I forgot that one too! It's the same as Global Security in the military sections with the major advantage being that Global Security is known to have broken links on some pictures.

BUMP


I wonder if RP'ers on NS have significantly increased the number of hits on defense sites? LOL!

probably, except for a few
*cough*Hataria*cough*

BUMP


I wonder if RP'ers on NS have significantly increased the number of hits on defense sites? LOL!

I wouldn't be surprised. LOL

Or increased the sales of books about military technology...

BUMP

It's been a while, anybody got anything new?

http://www.strategypage.com - some good articles and military comparison charts.

http://www.nationmaster.com - a lot of statistics, and rankings for them too

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/countriesindex.htm - listing of all aircraft in service with numerous nations

http://members.tripod.com/collinsj/protect.htm - Estimates on armor protection for most RL tanks, as well as penetration figures for their main guns

http://www.tank-net.org/ - AFV discussions

http://www.designation-systems.net - Info on pretty much every US missile ever concieved.

http://www.strategypage.com - some good articles and military comparison charts.

http://www.nationmaster.com - a lot of statistics, and rankings for them too

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/countriesindex.htm - listing of all aircraft in service with numerous nations

http://members.tripod.com/collinsj/protect.htm - Estimates on armor protection for most RL tanks, as well as penetration figures for their main guns

http://www.tank-net.org/ - AFV discussions

http://www.designation-systems.net - Info on pretty much every US missile ever concieved.

All hail CSJ; our resident defense analyst!

Does anyone have a link to page for Russian-made weapons? I need something in English that's as comprehensive as possible.

Everything you wanted to know about special ops units:Specialoperations.com (http://www.specialoperations.com)
Finnish Defence Forces. Good site in Finnish. Not sure if it's available in English:Finnish Defence Forces (http://www.mil.fi)

http://www.nasog.net/
http://www.jedsite.info/content/jed1.html
Does anyone have a link to page for Russian-made weapons? I need something in English that's as comprehensive as possible.http://www.rusarm.ru/ has stuff that Russia exports.
http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm has info on some Russian firearms.
http://www.sovietarmy.com/index.html Information about the Soviet army
I had another bookmark, but it seems to be dead. It's archived. http://web.archive.org/web/20011126184251/members.aol.com/threatmstr/ptwserg.html?mtbrand=AOL_US
Not sure if it's available in EnglishIt is.
http://www.mil.fi/english/

-tag-

I'm working on a storefront and i need to know where to find info about weapons system (particularly navy ship) prices

Here (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KAA/is_5_32/ai_111506026) is a link to an article about U.S. Navy plans to purchase 6 Virgininia Class Submarines. When I worked out the math, it came to about $1.45 billion a piece.

Here (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/877.htm) is an article from the Global Security.org place. I worked out some of the math on it. The price of a Kilo Class submarine works out to about $146 million.

If I wasn't lazy, I'd find some more. :p

Here (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KAA/is_5_32/ai_111506026) is a link to an article about U.S. Navy plans to purchase 6 Virgininia Class Submarines. When I worked out the math, it came to about $1.45 billion a piece.

Here (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/877.htm) is an article from the Global Security.org place. I worked out some of the math on it. The price of a Kilo Class submarine works out to about $146 million.

If I wasn't lazy, I'd find some more. :p
$1,500 million / 8 = $187.5 million
Your math seems a bit off there.

By the way, for ship pricing:
http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=292413&page=3&pp=15
The post is towards the bottom of the page, but it had just about everything I could dig up when I posted it.

$1,500 million / 8 = $187.5 million
Your math seems a bit off there.

By the way, for ship pricing:
http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=292413&page=3&pp=15
The post is towards the bottom of the page, but it had just about everything I could dig up when I posted it.

*smacks forehead*

Thanks for catching that. :headbang: I think that's why I'm a criminal justice major. :p

ooc: TAG

Update:

http://www.missilethreat.com/

Info on several nations' air forces: http://www.scramble.nl/mil.htm

BUMP

Any new additions, lately?

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/


Pretty much says it all I think.

I put up a pretty extinsive list here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8896487#post8896487

I put up a pretty extinsive list here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8896487#post8896487

Thank you so much!