''Jane's Military Communications'' is an annual

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(also published online) covering

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and advances in the equipment used by various armed forces. Published by

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, a subsidiary of

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, it purports to be "the most comprehensive military communications information resource available."

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Jane's Jane's Information Group, now styled 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. History Jane's Informatio ...

Military Communications
Retrieved 2012-01-23 The former European editor of the ''

Journal of Electronic Defense The Association of Old Crows is an international nonprofit professional organization specializing in electronic warfare, tactical information operations, and associated disciplines headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Its mission is to "advocat ...

'', John Williamson, was appointed editor in 1984. Previously R. J. Raggett was the editor.R. J. Raggett. ''Defence Security comes in short bursts''.

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, 7 September 1982 Rodney Cowton, Defence Correspondent of

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reviewed ''Jane's Military Communications 1983''. Mr Raggett provided shipboard communications analysis of the

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from the British perspective: facilities for shipboard information storage & processing too small; backlogs of up to 1,000 messages; rooms not large enough to handle increased people traffic of the war environment; Argentines were able to intercept insecure communications. In 1983 these problems were considered "inevitable" considering the volume of up to 250,000 messages. 'Bob' Raggett predicted in the introduction that, by 2000, "electronic systems could render a nuclear attack by an unfriendly power virtually impossible".Rodney Cowton, ''A way to stop nuclear heart attacks''

, 21 June 1983 In 1983 the publication cost £55.00 (''2011: £''); the 2011–2012 Yearbook, containing 2,500 images and 2,600 entries, was priced at £540.00 with online access costing £1,850.00.

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