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More Evidence of Concorde Faults More evidence emerged on 7th December 2000 of safety issues regarding Concorde. An Air Accident Investigation Branch report has revealed that a New York-bound British Airways Concorde flight lost part of its wing over the Bristol Channel in May 1998. 07/12/00  RELATED ARTICLES: Concorde may not fly again BA Follows Air France In Grounding Concorde The end of an era for supersonic travel Finger points to metal debris on runway as cause of Concorde crash Known Concorde Tyre Related Incidents Concorde remains grounded amid mounting concern over its future 04/08/00 Safety experts meet as pressure mounts to resume Concorde flights 03/08/00 Specification and information on Concorde Jane's Aero-Engines: ROLLS-ROYCE SNECMA OLYMPUS
Turkey selects Boeing-led team for AEW&C;  The
Turkish government is to begin negotiations with a Boeing-led team to meet
its $1.5 billion requirement for an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C)
aircraft. 05/12/00  RELATED
ARTICLES:Turkey delays MBT decision by four months Turkey launches AEW search Iran plans military expansion Iran is embarking on a major military expansion which will have far reaching security implication for the entire Middle East. JID analyses intelligence data from Tehran to build up a disturbing picture of what is currently taking place at a time when the risk of a general regional conflict is higher than it has been for decades. 30/11/00  RELATED
ARTICLES:Sentinel Security Assessments: Iran Iran now able to deploy Shahab-3 Learning lessons from the Kursk Vice Adm Einar Skorgen When a nuclear weapons-capable submarine sinks uncontrolled in international waters, this is the kind of accident that creates international interest - politically as well as militarily. 30/11/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Kursk message raises more controversy Kursk loss awakens interest in undersea markets 25/10/00 US officials share Kursk information with Russia 11/09/00 Kursk fate shows up gaps in Russia's rescue system 21/08/00 Kursk: did collision trigger explosion? 18/08/00 Tragedy may lead to purge, but no new funds 18/08/00 Russian Submarine Disaster - Update 15/08/00 Russian Submarine Emergency 14/08/00 Russian Navy: Assessment 15/08/00 Europe moves forward with rapid reaction force  The
EU's drive to build an autonomous rapid reaction force took a decisive step
last week when European governments individually pledged to put up enough
troops, aircraft and warships to enable a 60,000-strong force to begin operating
over a wide range of missions from 2003. 30/11/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Europe to provide troops for rapid reaction force Ministers make swift progress on setting up a European force A thorny combination Milestone for Europe's collective security capability NATO offer for high-alert HQs is oversubscribed France proposes third European Corps Gen Sir Mike Jackson - Commander of the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps UK's PGM need poses dilemma over bomb size The UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Staff Requirement (Air) 1248 programme for a precision-guided munition (PGM) for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), which is due to get under way next year, will present a difficult set of choices to companies interested in winning the contract. 22/11/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Brimstone pushed for ground-launched role Most dramatic railway in the world gets the green light Most dramatic railway in the world gets the green light Sun Yongfu, Vice Minister of Railways, has confirmed that during the coming 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-05), China aims to finally complete a long-delayed 1,000km railway line across the savage Tibetan plateau to link the Tibetan capital of Lhasa with the rest of China. 22/11/00  Stocks fall over US election concerns Over the past week, defence stocks fell slightly with losers outnumbering winners as US political uncertainty led to concerns about the future of some major programmes. 21/11/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Defence stocks suffer steepest drop in global turbulence JDW 20 Index Insurgents waiting in the wings over oil The estimated 30,000 million tonnes of oil up for grabs in the Caspian Basin has, unsurprisingly, raised the level of intrigue over the various existing and proposed pipelines. Competing interests have lined up in two groupings: United States/Turkey/Azerbaijan and Russia/Armenia/Iran. 15/11/00  RELATED
ARTICLES:The geo-politics of Caspian oil Giat, Renault to build French Army vehicles The French government has chosen Giat Industries and Renault Véhicules Industriels (RVI) to build 700 infantry combat vehicles for the French Army and is to place an immediate order for 65 vehicles, defence minister Alain Richard announced on 6 November. 13/11/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Giat seeks gun upgrade niche Show Daily News - Giat expects Caesar contract Kenyan general chosen to lead UNAMSIL Secretary-General Kofi Annan has named Lt Gen Daniel Opande of Kenya to head the UN mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). Lt Gen Opande will replace Maj Gen Vijay Jetley of India who has been critical of Nigerian units under him, accusing some of them of disobeying orders and colluding in diamond smuggling. 06/11/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:UNAMSIL: a long road to peace Interview: Maj Gen Vijay Jetley (12 July 2000) Shoestring peacekeeping International terrorism becomes a feature of Sierra Leone's war E-Intifada: political disputes cast shadows in cyberspace Asymmetric warfare has long been a favourite tool of terrorist organisations worldwide. The recent suicide attack on the USS Cole is a painful reminder of the ability of a small terrorist organisation to wage war against the most powerful of nations. However, this type of attack is not new. Now, new trends of attack are visible in cyberspace. 03/11/00  RELATED
ARTICLES:Attack on US Ships Shows Vulnerabilities Intelligence gathering on asymmetric threats - PART ONE Shifting sands, changing prospects  Spending
in the Middle East maintained as tension continues
The tortuous Arab-Israeli
peace process now seems to be entering a murky endgame that may or may
not result in a comprehensive settlement for one of the world's longest-running
conflicts. However, it is only one component of a region-wide equation
that is changing the geopolitical landscape.
Lockheed Martin flies into final JSF battle  The
USA and UK's $200 billion competition to build the Joint Strike Fighter
(JSF) entered the home stretch last week with the first flight of Lockheed
Martin's X-35A conventional-take-off-and-landing (CTOL) variant concept
demonstrator. This marks the beginning of the much-anticipated fly-off against
rival Boeing in preparation for a winner-takes-all contract award next year.
31/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:UK may officially select JSF by year-end Boeing is first to fly JSF US debate over winner-takes-all strategy for JSF Defence Gallery: Joint Strike Fighter Turkey accepts US invite to invest in JSF UK loses two aircraft within an hour All five people aboard a UK Royal Navy (RN) EH 101 Merlin HM Mk 1 anti-submarine warfare helicopter were rescued when their aircraft ditched in the sea during sonar trials at a Defence Evaluation and Research Agency range off the western coast of Scotland on 27 October. 30/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Merlin Training Squadron Photo: EH Industries EH 101 Merlin: Farnborough 26 July 2000 Farnborough 2000 Video: Merlin Defence Gallery:EH Industries Merlin Jaguar for the ninties Russia's security pact Russia has just signed a deal with its five partners in the Collective Security Treaty to guarantee the supply of weapons, but the agreement could also see the creation of a Central Asian version of NATO. An earlier deal saw the creation of a regional economic community. A JID regional analyst assesses the implications. 20/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Sentinel Risk Pointers: Russia Pact strengthens hand of Russia in Central Asia Dutch invited to become Eurofighter partner The four founding Eurofighter nations - Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - have invited the Netherlands to join their fighter aircraft programme as an equal partner. The offer was conveyed in a letter signed by the defence ministers of the four countries last week and addressed to their Dutch counterpart, Frank de Grave. 16/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Rivals for Greek fighter aircraft order bid for HAI Defence Gallery: Eurofighter Typhoon Greece signs up to buy at least 60 Typhoons Russia's strategic forces stumble  RUSSIA'S
STRATEGIC nuclear forces have entered the millennium with a broad range
of financial, technological, diplomatic and organisational problems. By
the middle of this year future prospects were further clouded by the politicisation
of the reform debate, linked to the succession struggle for the post of
minister of defence. It seems unlikely that the Kremlin will be able to
stabilise the operational capabilities of the force. The question is whether
the force will continue to erode in a controlled or haphazard way. 02/10/00  RELATED
ARTICLES:Russian funds for procurement reallocated Russia ill-prepared for war 
After Milosevic . . . what? While Western leaders have welcomed the apparent overthrow of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, his fall is likely to present a number of serious problems, not least for peacekeepers in Kosovo. There is also the risk that, with his room for manoeuvre virtually eliminated, Milosevic -- who continues to have a significant number of hardcore supporters -- may decide to mount a last stand at his heavily defended bunker complex at Bor in eastern Serbia. 06/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Who is Kostunica? From inside Milosevic's camp (18 Sept 2000) Serbian Opposition Leaders Serbia’s inadequate opposition Israelis, Palestinians negotiate summit terms  As
Jane’s Defence Weekly went to press on 13 October, Israeli and Palestinian
officials were close to arranging a high-level weekend summit that would
include Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yassir Arafat, and representatives of Egypt, Jordan, the USA and the UN
in a bid to end more than two weeks’ escalating violence. 13/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Background Information: Forces in the region Background Information: BELL MODEL 209 HUEYCOBRA Background Information: BGM-71 TOW Background Information: AGM-114 HELLFIRE Background Information: Boeing Apache AH-64 Shaping Palestinian security  The
fact that a Palestinian state will come into being sooner or later, with
or without Israel's formal consent, is now widely accepted. Yet, while the
Palestinian leadership has over the years clearly outlined its national
aims, the fledgling state's security concerns remain obscure.David Eshel reports on Palestinian strategic objectives. 13/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Realism and restraint among the Palestinian rejectionists? A Palestinian state and Israeli security Palestinian pawns in a proxy war IDF gets a 'wake-up call'  Following
the recent unrest in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel, David Eshel assesses
the security implications for the Israel Defence Force 09/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Israel Defence Force puts case for budget boost IDF sceptical about THEL Israel uses helicopters in fight with Palestinians  The
Israel Defence Force (IDF) has for the first time made extensive use of
attack helicopters to quell Palestinian unrest in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip. 10/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:IDF gets a 'wake-up call' Israel Defence Force puts case for budget boost IDF sceptical about THEL Background Information: Boeing Apache AH-64 Background Information: Kolomna KBM Strela-2/Strela-2M (SA-7 `Grail') low-altitude surface-to-air missile system Background Information: Raytheon Electronic Systems FIM-92 Stinger low-altitude surface-to-air missile system Attack on US Ships Shows Vulnerabilities 
The apparent terrorist attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen,
highlights the new threats facing the US and other advanced military forces
in an era when their size, reach and warfighting capability increasingly
lead adversaries to seek non-traditional and often low-tech means of inflicting
damage.13/10/00
RELATED
ARTICLES: Suicide terrorism: a global threat Terrorist Events in Yemen 1997 - 2000 [UPDATED 13/10/00] Yemen: unlikely key to Western security Intelligence gathering on asymmetric threats - PART ONE Background Information: ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS (FLIGHTS I and II): GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS (AEGIS) (DDG) Schematic - ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS (FLIGHTS I and II): GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS (AEGIS) (DDG) India agrees $3 billion arms deal with Russia India has finalised a series of long-pending defence contracts with Russia worth nearly $3 billion for 140-150 Su-30 multi-role fighters, 310 T-90S main battle tanks and the former Soviet Navy aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov. 11/10/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:India and Russia close to a deal over T-90 MBTs Interview: George Fernandes - Indian Defence Minister
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