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New guided artillery rocket to enter Israeli service
The Romah will be fired from the IDF's M270 MLRS instead of the 227 mm rockets that are currently used. Source: PA PhotosRussia orders 50 Su-35S multirole fighters
Russia is understood to have ordered 50 more Su-35S fighter aircraft from UAC. Source: IHS/Patrick AllenUSAF begins receiving new B-52 'smart' weapons bay launchers
Boeing's latest upgrade of the USAF's B-52 fleet enables air crews to employ smart munitions from the internal weapons bay for the first time. Source: USAFRussia to fill gap left by An-70 with more Il-76MD-90A airlifters
The Russian Air Force is to receive an undisclosed number of additional Il-76MD-90A airlifters to offset to gap left by the loss of the An-70, which it will not now receive as originally planned. Source: Aviastar
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Draft shoot-down law signals Uruguay's efforts against drug trafficking, risks for civil aircraft likely to stay low
EVENT Uruguay's minister of defence, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, told local newspaper La República on 13 January 2016 that the government had prepared, and would send to Congress, a "shoot-down" bill. Although the bill's details have not yet been revealed, the minister said
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IAI teams with Formula Systems to buy cyber-security venture TSG
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Israeli IT firm Formula Systems announced on 14 January that they have agreed to purchase Ness Technologies subsidiary TSG. TSG is a provider of cyber-security services and is also active in the fields of command and control systems, intelligence, and homeland
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IED attack wounds nine people in India's Meghalaya
NINE people were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced by militants, detonated at a market in the Williamnagar area of East Garo Hills district in India's Meghalaya state on 9 January, the Assam Tribune reported. The Achik Matgrik Army (AMA) claimed responsibility for the
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Indian industry body welcomes procurement changes
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has welcomed the approval of updated defence procurement guidelines, stating that the measures can be expected to support the government's 'Make in India' campaign. The updated Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) was approved by India's Defence Acquisition
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Indonesia attack indicates terrorists' increased organisational capacity not seen in recent years, but no increased technical ability
Key Points The attacks are the most serious to have taken place in Jakarta since July 2009 when seven people were killed in simultaneous bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels. The attacks indicate terrorists' increased organisational capacity to deploy multiple personnel as well as
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Japan reveals details of joint missile project with UK
The recently announced joint Japan-UK programme to develop a new air-to-air missile will be supported by a successfully conducted project to integrate Japanese seeker technologies into MBDA's Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM), the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo has revealed
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Russia to activate three new ballistic missile warning radars by end of 2016
Russia is to activate three more of its 'Voronezh'-series long-range early warning radar systems in 2016, as it looks to fully recapitalise its ground-based ballistic missile defence network by the end of the decade, state media announced on 12 January. Along with a further two radar stations that
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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
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Somalia's high-risk areas shift north as Al-Shabaab's internal dissent grows over Islamic State affiliation
Key Points This event was the latest in a series of violent confrontations dating back to September 2015 between Al-Shabaab factions over whether to remain ideologically aligned to Al-Qaeda or whether to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State. The potential, albeit unlikely, victory of the Islamic
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Draft shoot-down law signals Uruguay's efforts against drug trafficking, risks for civil aircraft likely to stay low
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Indonesia attack indicates terrorists' increased organisational capacity not seen in recent years, but no increased technical ability
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Political reshuffle indicates Angolan president's likely intention to run for re-election in 2017
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USAF begins receiving new B-52 'smart' weapons bay launchers
Boeing has delivered enhanced internal weapons bay launchers that enable the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress to carry satellite-guided munitions in the weapons bay for the first time, following several months of successful ground and flight testing, the company announced on 13 January. Six of the US Air
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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
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Somalia's high-risk areas shift north as Al-Shabaab's internal dissent grows over Islamic State affiliation
Key Points This event was the latest in a series of violent confrontations dating back to September 2015 between Al-Shabaab factions over whether to remain ideologically aligned to Al-Qaeda or whether to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State. The potential, albeit unlikely, victory of the Islamic
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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'
