Jane's Defence Weekly - 21 November 2012

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Command performance China’s growing A&D prowess goes on show in Zhuhai Analysing Iran’s satellite launch failure –p5 Panetta orders senior officer ethics review –p8 ihs.com/janes IHS Jane’s Defence We... Read more
Brazil’s defence spending is forecast by IHS to rise 31%between 2012 and 2016…The rise of Venezuela as a military power,and growing defence spending elsewhere in the region,will encourage Brazil to se... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 3 Headlines 5 Iranian satellite rocket explodes on launch pad 6 Airshow China 2012:Attack helos,stealth ‘concept’grab limelight 7 Airshow China 2... Read more
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ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 5 Iran’s latest attempt to put a satel-lite into orbit ended in failure when the space launch vehicle (SLV)exploded on the country’s only operati... Read more
6 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes The ninth Airshow China,held in Zhuhai,Guandong Province,from 13-18 November,saw the public unveiling of three ‘secret’aircraft programmes,a wi... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 7 Pakistan has fielded a new very-high-speed,long-range,air-launched missile that se-nior officers in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF)have described ... Read more
8 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes The US military’s general and flag officer staff is under fire,not from an enemy or for per-formance issues,but rather due to a recent rash of ... Read more
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10 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes The US Department of Defense (DoD)is calling for weapons to be designed from their inception to be export-able as part of an acquisition syste... Read more
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12 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes The US Department of Defense (DoD)and the White House expect in the next several weeks to have finalised deci-sions regarding the country’s mi... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 13 For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes EUROPE Poland is expecting to operate a new medium-range sur-face-to-air missile (MRSAM)s... Read more
14 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes EUROPE For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes Lockheed Martin signed up MIRA and Ultra Electronics to its Warrior Capability Sus... Read more
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16 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes ASIA PACIFIC For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes A deepening of the US military presence in Australia was the main outcome of... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 17 For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes ASIA PACIFIC Fresh from his successful re-election,US President Barack Obama will launch ... Read more
18 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes Syrian insurgents have ob-tained at least one Igla-S (SA-24 ‘Grinch’)m... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 19 For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA In the wake of the assas-sination of a senior Hamas commander on 14 No... Read more
20 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes BUSINESS For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes French investment group Lagardère is to sell its 7.5%stake in European aerospace... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 21 For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes BUSINESS Iraq’s plans to acquire USD4.2 billion in Russian arms are facing delays due to ... Read more
22 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes BUSINESS For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes Lockheed Martin has acquired Huntsville Alabama-based Chandler/May Inc:a manufac... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 23 I n July 2007 a report by the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Com-mittee noted the global lack of awareness about the variety,bread... Read more
24 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes BRIEFING Military communications P roviding modern military aircraft with appropri-ate communications capabilities is by no meansawalk in the ... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 25 BRIEFING with greater complexity,such asawaveguide design.”ViaSat itself has systems flying on over 300 military aircraft of all sizes,includ-... Read more
BRIEFING 26 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),mission aircraft,combat aircraft,reconnais-sance and laser-targeting pods,andhelicopters.Se... Read more
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28 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes BRIEFING peculiarities,such as navy carrier take-offs and landings that generate strict vibration and shock,for themost part,once airborne,tha... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 29 BRIEFING weapons co-ordination and control across air,maritime,and ground domains for both manned and unmanned platforms.Such tech-nologies ar... Read more
30 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes BRIEFING Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicles T he incursion by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)into southern Israel on6October highlighted the gro... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 31 BRIEFING November 2004 that its previously unknown Mirsad-1 UAVhad been flown into Israel as far as Nahariya –a coastal town less than 10 km f... Read more
32 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes UAVs that have been seen flying over rebel strongholds in Syria were supplied by Iran.Footage posted on the internet by opposition activists h... Read more
ihs.com/janes 21 November 2012 Jane’s Defence Weekly | 33 For further insight and analysis go to ihs.com/janes DIRECTORY TELEPHONE +44 1604 251491 EMAIL FAX help@magazines.ihs.com +44 1604 251 031 MAI... Read more
34 | Jane’s Defence Weekly 21 November 2012 ihs.com/janes A sVice President of F-35 Program Integration and Business Develop-ment for Lockheed Martin,Stephen O’Bryan is one of the public faces of the ... Read more
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