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Source: Ben Goodlad, Senior Analyst, IHS Aerospace, Defence & Security
Ben Goodlad, Senior Analyst with IHS Aerospace, Defence & Security, talks about how beyond visual range (BVR) missiles have developed over time, what improvements to BVR missiles are currently being introduced, what developments Russian missiles have seen and is the boundary between beyond visual range and within visual range missiles being blurred?
Source: Dr Lee Willett, Head of IHS Jane's Naval Desk, IHS Aerospace, Defence & Security
Dr Lee Willett, Head of IHS Jane's Naval Desk, IHS Aerospace, Defence & Security discusses the answers to the following:
• In terms of asymmetric security risks, to what extent is the mine the archetypal risk?
• To what extent is the mine a credible threat in closing maritime choke points and sea lines of communication?
• How significant are mine countermeasure (MCM) threats?
• What is the mine warfare risk today?
• What is the strategic value of MCM capabilities for European Navies?
• What are the major transformation changes facing Navies today?
Source: Charles Forrester, Reporter, IHS Jane's Defence Industry
Charles Forrester discusses the kind of items being controlled, if it just physical items that are controlled, why controls are being reformed and what will this mean for the defence trade.
Robert Munks, Deputy Editor of IHS Jane's Intelligence Review, talks about identifying a possible new uranium hexafluoride plant at the Indian Rare Metals Plant near Mysore, India, the purpose of the expanded uranium enrichment programme and how this discovery plays into the nuclear rivalry between India and Pakistan.