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Jane's Defence Weekly
Janes Defence Weekly Cover
Cover for 18 March 2013 edition.
EditorPeter Felstead[1]
Features EditorKate Tringham[1]
Europe EditorNicholas Fiorenza[1]
Asia Pacific EditorGabriel Dominguez[1]
Middle East/Africa EditorJeremy Binnie[1]
Americas EditorDaniel Wasserbly[1]
Staff writersGeoff Fein
Marina Malenic
Jon Grevatt
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CategoriesDefence
FrequencyWeekly
Paid circulation2,717[2]
Unpaid circulation24,886[2]
Total circulation
(June 2012)
27,603[2]
Founded1984[3]
CompanyJanes Information Services
CountryEngland
Based inCoulsdon, Surrey
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.janes.com/defence-news/
ISSN0265-3818
OCLC613908494

Jane's Defence Weekly (abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs, edited by Peter Felstead. It is one of a number of military-related publications named after John F. T. Jane, an Englishman who first published Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships in 1898. It is a unit of Janes Information Services. The magazine is frequently cited in publications worldwide.[4]

History

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Jane's Defence Weekly was established in 1984 replacing the now-defunct Jane's Defence Review.[3] The latter was started in 1978 and was published on a monthly basis.[5] Award winning international journalist Clifford Beal is a former editor of the magazine.[6]

Samuel Loring Morison

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In 1984, only months after the magazine was established, Jane's Defence Weekly gained worldwide attention after printing several images from an American spy satellite of the Nikolaiev 444 shipyard in the Black Sea, showing a Kiev-class aircraft carrier under construction.[7] The images were leaked by Samuel Loring Morison, an American intelligence professional, leading to the only conviction ever passed against a US government official for giving classified information to the press.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Jane's Defence Weekly Editorial Team". Janes.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Business TRAC – June 2012" (PDF). BPA Worldwide. June 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Jane's Defence Weekly information". Aeroflight. 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ^ See, for example:
    "Israel masses troops on border". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 2006. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
    Knight, Will (4 August 2004). "North Korean hybrid missiles 'could threaten US'". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
    "British Publication Warns of North Korean Missiles". The Chosun Ilbo. 8 April 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
    "N Korea missiles 'could reach US'". BBC News. 3 August 2004. Archived from the original on 2 December 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
    "Soviet Agents Joined UK Missile-base Protest". Ottawa Citizen. 21 January 1986. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Aviation Magazines". Aircraft International. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Clifford Beal". sheil-land. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XyMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c84FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4321,5157743 [dead link]
  8. ^ Lewis, Anthony (3 March 2001). "Abroad at Home; The Pardons in Perspective". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.