N.R. Jenzen-Jones
N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Director, Armament Research Services (ARES) (website)
twitter: @RogueAdventurer
email: nic [at] armamentresearch [dot] com
phone: +61 8 6365 4401
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | landmines and cluster munitions | arms trafficking

N.R. Jenzen-Jones is an arms and munitions intelligence specialist focusing on current and recent conflicts and weapons technologies. He is the Director of Armament Research Services (ARES), a specialised technical intelligence consultancy, the Editor of Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms, and holds Visiting Fellowships at the Centre for the Reduction of Firearms Crime, Trafficking and Terrorism at the University of Northampton, and in the School of Law, Policing and Forensics at the University of Staffordshire. He has produced extensive research and analysis on a range of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and small- and medium-calibre ammunition issues. Mr. Jenzen-Jones has also provided technical assessments of incendiary weapons, cluster munitions, indirect fire artillery weapons, and conventional arms proliferation. 

Mr. Jenzen-Jones maintains a broad focus on how weapon systems are selected, acquired, stockpiled, and employed. His work examines the many facets of the arms trade, and is geared towards helping others understand the impacts and nuance of the military and technical factors at play. Mr. Jenzen-Jones is a certified armourer and ammunition collector, and a member of the International Ammunition Association (IAA), the European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA), the Society for Libyan Studies (SLS), the Ordnance Society (OS), the International Ballistics Society (IBS), and the Arms & Armour Society.

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