FEATURED REPORT

  • JTIC Global Attack Index 2015

    From open source data collected across the course of 2014, IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre recorded a total of 18,987 attacks in total carried out by non-state armed groups with the bulk of non-state political violence taking place in Syria and Iraq.

    Almost half of these attacks took place in Syria and Iraq and 3,317 of them, or 17 percent, were claimed by the Islamic State.

  • Russian revolution: new-generation AFVs emerge

    The Russian Army's effort to field a new generation of tracked and wheeled armoured fighting vehicles is the most ambitious programme of its type in the world, and includes new tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Christopher F Foss explores the possibilities and technologies
  • Army of autonomy: The rise of the United Wa State Army

    As conflict escalates across northern Myanmar, the China-backed United Wa State Army is asserting itself as a dominant player in the country's turbulent ethnic politics. Anthony Davis examines the fast-growing capabilities of the largest non-state military actor in the Asian region and its prospects for future conflict with Myanmar's armed forces.

Platforms Platforms

  • Russia orders 50 Su-35S multirole fighters

    The Russian Aerospace Force (VKS) ordered 50 Sukhoi Su-35S 'Flanker E' multirole fighters from Sukhoi in late December 2015, a United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) source told TASS-DEFENSE. According to the source, the new order is valued at more than RUB60 billion (USD788 million) and the

Weapons Weapons

  • New guided artillery rocket to enter Israeli service

    A new guided artillery rocket called the Romah will soon be declared operational by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), IHS Jane's has learned. Made by Israel Military Industries (IMI), the GPS-guided Romah will be used with the Artillery Corps' M270 Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), which have

C4iSR & Missions Systems C4iSR & Missions Systems

CBRNE & EOD Defence CBRNE & EOD Defence

  • Saudi Arabia denies cluster bomb attack on Sanaa

    Saudi Arabia has denied the coalition it is leading to restore Yemen's ousted president dropped CBU-58 cluster bombs on the capital, Sanaa, on 6 January. In an interview broadcast by CNN on 11 January, Saudi military spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri admitted the coalition had used Textron

Country Risk Country Risk

Military Capabilities Military Capabilities

CBRN Assessment CBRN Assessment

  • North Korea carries out fourth nuclear test

    Key Points North Korea's fourth nuclear test is unlikely to have been of a hydrogen (thermonuclear) weapon, as claimed by Pyongyang. Other possibilities are that the test involved tritium in a 'boosted bomb', or that it was a simple fission weapon. Ultimately, North Korea is unlikely to have

Terrorism & Insurgency Terrorism & Insurgency

Industry Industry

  • China developing new rail-mobile ICBM, say US officials

    On 5 December 2015 China was observed conducting a launcher test of a new rail-mobile version of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to US officials. It was not a full test, but just a trial of the 'cold launch'
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