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Jane's Information Group was founded in 1898 by Fred T. Jane, who had begun sketching ships as an enthusiast naval artist while living in Portsmouth. This gradually developed into an encyclopedic knowledge, culminating in the publishing of All the World's Fighting Ships (1898). [ 1] The company then gradually branched out into other areas of ...
Janes Fighting Ships is an annual reference book of each country's navy, coast guard, associated vessels, weapons, and aircraft. Included are ship names, construction data, size, speed, range, complement, engineering, armament, and sensors. This is generally followed by relevant commentary. Often referred to as the "Bible" of the world's navies.
Iran's Shahed Aviation Industries Research Center plans to produce several variants of Shahed, according to sources. The first platform was the Shahed-278 (Oh-78), described as a light reconnaissance helicopter, armed with weapons and sensors. Test flights of the Shahed-278 (Oh-78) began in 2005 Mil Mi-17 Russia: Medium-lift transport Mi-8/17 ...
Japan, South Korea and Poland [citation needed] are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years. [ 17][ 18][ 19] South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early 1990s.
The vertical launch missile first became operational in 1993, with more than 450 having been produced by 2007. It is 4.5 meters (15 ft) in length, with a firing range of about 11.8 nm or 22 kilometers (24,000 yd). [ 2] Beginning in 1996, the missile was replaced by the newer RUM-139A and subsequently the RUM-139B.
Janes [2] The Joint Strike Missile ( JSM ) is a multi-role, air-launched cruise missile under development by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and American company Raytheon Missiles & Defense .
During the Six-Day War, the military cooperation with France ceased (the French Weapons Embargo of 1967) and Israel began to rely on American weaponry and on local research and development. During the 1980s and 1990s, the IDF increased its supplies of American arms , armor and aircraft , aiming for technological superiority over Arab countries ...
M-1984 [ 54] ZPU-4 gun mounted on a Chonma-ho chassis. Effective range 1.4 km (0.87 mi) [ 61] M-1992 23 mm [ 54] Twin 23 mm guns mounted on a modified ATS-59 chassis. Effective range 2.5 km (1.6 mi) [ 61] M-1992 37 mm [ 54] Twin 37 mm guns mounted guns possibly based on the M1939 mounted on a modified ATS-59 chassis.