Key Resources
Conventional Weapons
- Army Weapon Systems
http://www.army.mil/factfiles/
Arranged by type of weapon and alphabetically. Includes ground and air weapons and equipment. Is an online version (although not exact) of the print Weapon Systems document (SuDoc D 101.95:) published by the United States Army. The print version is superior in depth and photographs, but if seeking basic information, the online source is a fine place to start.
Nuclear Weapons
The United States is the first country in the world to have developed nuclear weapons, and the first and only to have used them in a war against another nation.
- Historical Nuclear Weapon Test Films
http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/testfilms.aspx
From US Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Segments can be seen online for free, but videos can be ordered for a fee.
- Sandia National Laboratories
http://www.sandia.gov/mission/nuclear/index.html
Features scientists and engineers who design and integrate our nation's nuclear arsenal. Located in California and New Mexico.
Sandia is one of many such nuclear weapons production complexes. Others include Los Alamos (NM), Lawrence Livermore (CA), Hanford (WA), Oak Ridge National Lab and Y-12 National Security Complex(TN), Nevada and Yucca Mountain Test Sites (NV), Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands, Rocky Flats Plant (CO), Pantex (TX), Paducah (KY), Fernald, Mound Plant, and Gaseous Diffusion Plant (OH), Kansas City Plant (MO), Pinellas Plant (FL), and Savannah River Site (SC).
Biological Weapons
- US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/
Conducts basic and applied research on biological threats. They work on defensive applications against biological warfare.
- National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
http://www.dhs.gov/xres/labs/gc_1166211221830.shtm
Conducts research to better understand and defend against biological threats.
Resource Exercises
- Using Navy - Our Ships web site
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/our_ships.asp
Obtain information on the USS Thresher submarine. What happened to the submarine and what did the Navy do because of the Thresher accident? Enter keyword Thresher. You will end up with articles about the Thresher.
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