''Jane's Defence Weekly'' (abbreviated as ''JDW'') is a weekly magazine reporting on

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

and

corporate A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and r ...

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

Jane's Information Group 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 Informat ...

, which was purchased by

IHS IHS may refer to: Religious * Christogram IHS or ΙΗΣ, a monogram symbolizing Jesus Christ * ''In hoc signo'', used by Roman emperor Constantine the Great Organizations * Indian Health Service, an operating division of the US Department of Hea ...

in 2007. The magazine has a large circulation and is frequently cited in publications worldwide.

History

''Jane's Defence Weekly'' was established in 1984 replacing the now-defunct ''

Jane's Defence Review ''Jane's International Defence Review'' (''IDR'') is a monthly magazine reporting on military news and technology. History and profile ''International Defense Review'' was established in 1968. It was published by Interavia SA (Geneva, Switzerland) ...

''. The latter was started in 1978 and was published on a monthly basis.

Samuel Loring Morison

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 A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications. The ...

of the

Nikolaiev 444 shipyard The Black Sea Shipyard ( uk, Чорноморський суднобудівний завод; russian: Черноморский судостроительный завод) is a shipbuilding facility in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on the southern tip of ...

in the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...

, showing a

Kiev-class aircraft carrier The ''Kiev'' class, Soviet designation Project 1143 ''Krechyet'' (gyrfalcon), was the first class of both fixed-wing aircraft carriers (heavy aircraft cruiser in Soviet classification) built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. History L ...

under construction.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XyMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c84FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4321,5157743 The images were leaked by

Samuel Loring Morison Samuel Loring Morison ( ) was a former American intelligence professional who was convicted of espionage and theft of government property in 1985 and pardoned in 2001. He was "the only mericangovernment official ever convicted for giving classi ...

, an American intelligence professional, leading to the only conviction ever passed against a US government official for giving classified information to the press.

References

External links

* {{IHS Markit 1984 establishments in the United Kingdom Aviation magazines Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1984 Military magazines published in the United Kingdom Mass media in Surrey