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Naval and Military Links
This page contains links to web sites and pages relating to naval and
other military subjects. All sites are only in the ENGLISH
language unless otherwise indicated. The information is divided into the
following categories:
All external links will open in a new browser window.
These are authorised or official web sites, operated by or on behalf
of government organisations.
United Kingdom:
- Royal
Navy - The official Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve and
Royal Marines web site.
- Navy
News - The official newspaper of the Royal Navy.
- UK
Ministry of Defence - Gateway to the WWW information
resources operated or associated with the United Kingdom Ministry of
Defence.
- Astute
Class - Official Defence Procurement Agency & BAE
Systems website
- Type 45 -
Official Defence Procurement Agency & BAE Systems website
[Note that URL's for the following sites often change, if invalid
then access them by searching on the main MoD site - http://www.mod.uk
]
Other Nations:
Institutions and Associations:
Commercial Organisations:
- BAE Systems - The leading UK
defence contractor, constructor of everything from Typhoon fighters
to Astute Class submarines.
- Joint Strike Fighter - The
website of the Joint Strike Fighter Programme Office.
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Some innovative future carrier designs from the builder of
the Nimitz Class nuclear powered super-carriers.
- Type 45 - The website of the
Prime Contractor Office for the RN's Type 45 destroyer project.
Defence Journals:
Media:
The following publications have searchable achives which include many
items on the Royal Navy.:
These are personal or unofficial web sites. There are numerous sites
that fall in this category (and many sites rapidly disappear) so I'll
just put in a few that are of particular interest or importance.
- China: Chinese
[PLA] Navy Homepage - A small and now rather dated homepage
about a rapidly developing navy that can not be ignored.
- France: Net-marine
- Includes lots of information about the French Navy and its new
aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle [ENGLISH
and FRENCH]
- France: French
Fleet Air Arm - Masses of information about French naval
aviation, past and present. [ENGLISH
and FRENCH]
- Greece: Hellenic
Navy [ENGLISH and
GREEK]
- India: Indian
Navy (Bharatiya Nau Sena) - Photos, information and news about
the Indian Navy
- Italy: Marina
Militare Italiana (Italian Navy) - A reasonable site with some
good information on new projects.
- Poland: Polish
Navy Homepage - A complete listing of the Polish warships. [ENGLISH
and POLISH]
- Russia: State
of the Russian Navy - Out of date, but still some interesting
information about what remains the world's second largest navy.
- Russia: Russian Navy - an
apparently semi-official site with an emphasis on the history if the
Russian Navy. [ENGLISH and
RUSSIAN]
- Spain: Spanish
Navy - A quite good unofficial navy site with plenty of links. [ENGLISH
and SPANISH]
- United Kingdom: David
Hasting's Aviation Page - Wonderful pictures of
various British planes & helicopters.
- Battleships, Carriers And All
Other Warships - Sadly much of the information formerly on this
site is no longer available, but still links to some good discussion
boards.
- Haze Gray & Underway -
On-line resource for naval information which includes the excellent
"World Navies Today" section which has the best and most
comprehensive fleet lists on the web.
- Weapons and Warfare (on the Web)
- Really just another list of links but still recommended.
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