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| Editor | Peter Felstead[1] |
|---|---|
| Features Editor | Kate Tringham[1] |
| Europe Editor | Nicholas Fiorenza[1] |
| Asia Pacific Editor | Gabriel Dominguez[1] |
| Middle East/Africa Editor | Jeremy Binnie[1] |
| Americas Editor | Daniel Wasserbly[1] |
| Staff writers | Geoff Fein Marina Malenic Jon Grevatt [1] |
| Categories | Defence |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Paid circulation | 2,717[2] |
| Unpaid circulation | 24,886[2] |
| Total circulation (June 2012) | 27,603[2] |
| Founded | 1984[3] |
| Company | Janes Information Services |
| Country | England |
| Based in | Coulsdon,Surrey |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0265-3818 |
| OCLC | 613908494 |
Jane's Defence Weekly (abbreviated asJDW) is a weeklymagazine reporting onmilitary andcorporate affairs, edited by Peter Felstead. It is one of a number of military-related publications named afterJohn F. T. Jane, an Englishman who first publishedJane's All the World's Fighting Ships in 1898. It is a unit ofJanes Information Services. The magazine is frequently cited in publications worldwide.[4]
Jane's Defence Weekly was established in 1984 replacing the now-defunctJane's Defence Review.[3] The latter was started in 1978 and was published on a monthly basis.[5] Award winning international journalistClifford Beal is a former editor of the magazine.[6]
In 1984, only months after the magazine was established,Jane's Defence Weekly gained worldwide attention after printing several images from an Americanspy satellite of theNikolaiev 444 shipyard in theBlack Sea, showing aKiev-class aircraft carrier under construction.[7] The images were leaked bySamuel Loring Morison, an American intelligence professional, leading to the only conviction ever passed against a US government official for giving classified information to the press.[7][8]