Janes Defence and Intelligence Review, previously known as Jane's International Defence Review (IDR) is a monthly magazine reporting on military news and technology.
International Defense Review was established in 1968. [1] It was published by Interavia SA (Geneva, Switzerland) until it was acquired by Jane's Publishing Group in 1987. [2] According to one entry in WorldCat, the name of the magazine was International Defense Review, [1] but another WorldCat entry states that the name was International Defence Review from 1968 until 1995. [3] Yet another WorldCat entry states that the title is IHS Jane's International Defence Review after 2012. [4]
The IDR is one of a number of military-related publications named after Fred T. Jane, an Englishman who first published Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships in 1898. It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which was acquired by IHS Inc. in 2007. [5]
The magazine provides in-depth coverage and analysis of air, land and sea platforms and systems, and regularly features articles on equipment upgrade programmes, strategic and security issues, military doctrine, electronics and computing, operations and training and foreign affairs. It is widely considered to be a reputable source of public domain information regarding defence systems and military and industry news.
The last edition of IDR was published in December 2021. It was replaced by Janes Defence and Intelligence Review. [6]
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Janes Fighting Ships, formerly Janes Fighting Ships, by Janes Information Services is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. Each edition describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches—photos began to appear with the third volume in 1900. The present title was adopted in 1905.
Janes is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane.
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