I will be adding more links as I find them, so check back here occasionally.
| 6. Military (general links) |
6. Military
a) Arms Trade
Control the Weapons Trade-an overview of the main issues with links to more specific documents from Project Ploughshares
Arms Trade News-the latest arms trade news, plus archived articles and data banks on existing weapons and weapons production
Canada's Military Exports: Aiding and Abetting Repression and War
b) Chemical & Biological Weapons
Biological Weapons FAQ - answers to basic questions, followed by a huge list of links
Chemical Weapons Convention Factsheet-includes a historical overview of chemical weaponry and its use in various parts of the world over the last century
The Chemical Weapons Convention Website
Biological Weapons: Malignant Biology - lots of scary info on biological weapons, including ethnic bombs, anthrax, smallpox, etc. The highlighted (colored) boxes contain the more sensational reports
c) Landmines
Landmines - From the pages of New Internationalist
The United Nations Mine Action Program- around the world, efforts continue to remove existing landmines
d) Nuclear Weapons
Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons-information on nuclear arsenals, efforts to promote disarmament, pertinent links, etc.; essential stuff!
Abolish Nuclear Weapons-more on the movement to promote nuclear disarmament from Project Ploughshares
Why Nuclear Deterrence is a Dangerous Illusion- by Commander Robert Green, Royal Navy
Growing Threat of Nuclear War - by Peter Montague
Abolition 2000 - a global network to eliminate nuclear weapons
e) Terrorism / Anti-Terrorism