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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 12:17:20 -0400


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> DEFENCE:
> Jane's Defence Weekly  (11 stories)
> Jane's Defence Upgrades (6 stories)
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> SECURITY
> Jane's Foreign Report    (4 stories)
> Jane's Intelligence Digest (1 story)
> Jane's Intelligence Watch Report (2 stories)
> Jane's Terrorism Watch Report (4 stories)
> Police Review (3 stories)
> Jane's Police & Security Equipment (1 story)
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> TRANSPORT:
> Jane's World Airlines   (6 stories)
> Jane's World Railways (5 stories)
> Jane's High Speed Marine Transportation (3 stories)
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> Jane's Defence Weekly
> Read more with images at: http://jdw.janes.com
> 18 October 2000
> Volume 34 Issue 16
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> USN could have done little to stop attack
> The alleged terrorist attack on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS
> Cole in Yemen on 12 October can be  described as a successful attempt
> at asymmetric warfare, but given the circumstances it is unlikely it
> could have been  prevented by enhanced surveillance or defensive
> measures, according to US officials.
>
> BAE predicts big surge in defence solutions market
> BAE Systems of the UK has identified the defence solutions market  as
> one of its key growth areas for the coming decade and has forecast
> that the global market for such services will be worth more  than £50
> billion ($72.3 billion) per year by 2010.
>
> ANALYSIS: India's nuclear doctrine unclear
> Ignorance of nuclear issues and power struggles have hampered India's
> attempt to agree a nuclear command and control structure reports
> Jane's Defence Weekly.
>
> Poland in bid to lease F-16s from USA
> The Polish government has submitted a letter of request to lease 18
> ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters through the Foreign
> Military Sales mechanism under a five-year proposal worth $220
> million.
>
> USA rules out upgraded strategic ties with Israel
> The US government has postponed a request by Israel for upgraded
> military co-operation with Washington that would include massive US
> military aid and increased co-operation in weapons development
> projects.
>
> Greek army orders German ASRAD
> The Hellenic Army has awarded Germany's STN ATLAS Elektronik a Euro
> 134 million ($116.5 million) contract to supply 54 Atlas Short-Range
> Air-Defence (ASRAD) systems following an international competition.
>
> Russian energy pact defies NSG code
> Russia has defied the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) by agreeing to
> provide India low-enriched uranium for the US-built Tarapur atomic
> power station near Bombay. The NSG is reportedly meeting later this
> month to discuss the latest Indo-Russian nuclear development.
>
> Former UK submarine on its way to Canada
> The first of four former UK Royal Navy Upholder-class submarines is en
> route to Canada after completing an 18-month reactivation programme.
>
> US DoD to evaluate 17 new foreign weapons
> The US Department of Defense (DoD) is to evaluate 17 new foreign
> weapons technologies, and will continue evaluating a further 20, for
> possible future acquisition.
>
> Greece examines air force training
> Greek officials are studying proposals to modernise the Hellenic Air
> Force's fighter pilot training capability from next year, in what
> would represent a programme acceleration brought on by recent orders
> to upgrade the service's front-line fleet..
>
> Malaysia to lease submarines from the Netherlands
> Malaysia is negotiating a five-year lease contract with RDM Submarines
> of the Netherlands for the transfer of two  ex-Royal Netherlands Navy
> Zwaardvis-class submarines, Zwaardvis and Tijgerhaai.
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> Jane's Defence Upgrades
> 1-15 October 2000
> -----------------------
>
> Greece tests upgraded Penguin SSMs
> The Hellenic Navy has announced the testing of the first four
> Kongsberg Penguin Mk.2 Mod.3 surface-surface missiles upgraded under a
> Life-Extension Programme, at the NAMFI range, Crete in July this year.
> The missiles were fired against two decommissioned HN vessels: the LSM
> HS Daniolos (L163) and destroyer HS Ierax (D31).
>
> Royal Navy to evaluate Sea RAM
> The Royal Navy is to evaluate the Raytheon Systems Sea RAM Close-In
> Weapon System (CIWS), on board the Type 42 destroyer, HMS York, next
> year. The Sea RAM Inner-layer Defence System is a low cost evolution
> of the Phalanx CIWS with the 30mm cannon being replaced by an 11-round
> launcher for the autonomous RIM-116A Rolling Airframe Missile.
>
> UDLP proposes M4 CCV conversion
> With the future of the US Army's M4 Command and Control Vehicle being
> considered at the US Army staff level, United Defense LP, has proposed
> to convert the remaining production CCVs to Armoured Medical Treatment
> Vehicles.
>
> Canadian Aurora upgrade contract
> The Department of National Defence has awarded BAE Systems Canada
> (formerly the Canadian Marconi Company) a contract valued at C$58
> million (US$39.4m) to conduct the Navigation and Flight Instruments
> Modernization Project for the CP-140 Aurora (P-3 Orion) maritime
> patrol aircraft, operated by 14 Wing of the Canadian Forces.
>
> UPGRADE OVERVIEW: First Paladin upgrade for Anniston Depot
> The recent award of a US$8.3 million contract to United Defense LP to
> remanufacture and upgrade existing M109A5 155mm self-propelled
> howitzers to the M109A6 Paladin configuration for the US Army National
> Guard is a significant milestone for the future of Paladin. The
> contract calls for vehicle deliveries to start in November 2001 and
> continue through January 2002.
>
> TECHNOLOGY INSERTION: Eastern bridge meets Western tank
> A BLG- 60 series scissors bridge, designed in the former East Germany,
> has been mounted on a former West Germany Leopard 1 main battle tank
> as a private venture by the Neubrandenburger Fahrzeugwerke GmBH
> company of Germany, now part of the Diehl group. The resultant Leopard
> 1-based Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge was exhibited earlier this
> year at Eurosatory.
>
>
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> SECURITY
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> ----------------------------------
> Jane's Foreign Report
> Read more at: http://www.foreignreport.com
> Issue 2613
> 19 October 2000
> ----------------------------------
>
> Serbian murder raises questions
> THE elite among the expatriate Serbian community in Greece -
> footballers and basketball players wearing sharp suits and fashionable
> dark glasses - turned out in force for the funeral of Vladimir Bokan,
> a prominent Serbian businessman who was killed on October 8th by two
> gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs outside his luxurious villa in Voula, a
> seaside suburb. The killing, two days after the overthrow of Slobodan
> Milosevic, has once again raised questions about Greece's links with
> the Milosevic family.
>
> Putin launches revolution
> RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin is becoming famous for his foreign
> policy initiatives in the Balkans and the Middle East. However the
> overhaul of Moscow's foreign policy pales into insignificance in
> comparison with the changes which Putin has introduced imperceptibly
> and without any discussion in the Kremlin's relations with the
> republics of the former Soviet Union. They amount to nothing less than
> a revolution, designed to recreate Russia's influence over the former
> Soviet space.
>
> Colombia's agony
> THE armed conflict in Colombia will spread, thanks in no small part to
> a $1.3-billion American aid package, mainly military in nature, that
> is going to throw into the fray 60 new helicopter and three special
> forces battalions, trained and equipped by the United States for
> anti-narcotics operations. Who will win?
>
> Who will tell the president?
> WHOEVER wins next month's US presidential election - Al Gore or George
> Bush junior - is in for a shock. After the triumphant winner sits down
> behind his new polished desk  in the Oval Office, he will immediately
> receive a top secret briefing on the geopolitical 'challenges' facing
> his new administration and the growing inability of the US armed
> forces to meet them.
>
>
> --------------------------
> Jane's Intelligence Digest
> 20 October 2000
> --------------------------
>
> 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.
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> Jane's Intelligence Watch Report
> and Jane's Terrorism Watch Report
> Website: http://intelweb.janes.com
> ----------------------------------
>
> IWR
> ---
> Lebanon-Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks (ha-Mossad
> le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Mossad))
> - Hezbollah leader Said Hasan Nasrallah on 16 October told a news
> conference in the capital Beirut that a captive Israeli army colonel
> was working for Israel's Mossad and was seized in Lebanon while trying
> to recruit a Hezbollah member, Washington Post reported on 17 October.
> Nasrallah said that Elhanan Tannenbaum is a colonel in the Israeli
> army who has been in the Mossad "for a long time," working on
> penetrating Hezbollah at a high level. Tannenbaum flew to Lebanon from
> Brussels, Belgium with a forged foreign passport to meet a Hezbollah
> activist with whom he had established contact through a go-between.
> Earlier on 15 October, Israeli sources had said that Tannenbaum was
> "kidnapped" by Hezbollah operatives in Europe, possibly Switzerland.
> The Israeli government has described Tannenbaum as a "businessman" and
> denied he has any connection with Israeli intelligence.
>
> United States - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
> - US sources said that in "a tug of influence," the FBI's New York
> field office has assumed jurisdiction over the USS Cole bombing
> investigation in Yemen, wresting it from the Washington field office,
> Washington Post reported on 17 October. FBI Director Louis Freeh
> transferred control to the New York office because if its experience
> with terrorism cases, including the World Trade Center bombing and the
> Osama bin Laden prosecution. However, the shift was not meant to
> indicate that the FBI has determined that bin Laden is responsible for
> the blast.
>
> TWR
> ---
> Afghanistan - Osama bin Laden and Taliban
> - Osama bin Laden on 17 October warned the US not to attack his home
> in Afghanistan, where fears have grown of a retaliatory strike after
> the suicide boat bombing of USS Cole in Yemen that killed 17 US
> sailors on 12 October, AP reported. In a statement published in
> Pakistan's largest circulation Urdu-language newspaper Jang, bin Laden
> said an attack would not kill him and vowed to continue his battle
> against the "enemies of Islam." He made no direct reference to the
> Yemen attack. Since that attack, officials in Afghanistan and
> newspapers in Pakistan have repeatedly warned of a possible US
> retaliatory strike against Afghanistan. Earlier on 16 October, the
> Taliban government dismissed speculation that bin Laden was involved
> in the bombing of the USS Cole.
>
> India - Ranvir Sena
> - Suspected members of an upper-caste militia called Ranvir Sena
> attacked Bhojpur village, 60 miles (100 km) south of the Bihar state
> capital Patna, killing five people and wounding three others, AP
> reported on 16 October. All five of the victims were lower-caste. Such
> incidents are common in Bihar, considered to be India's poorest and
> most crime-ridden state.
>
> Spain - Basque Fatherland and Liberty (Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA))
> - Alleged ETA gunmen assassinated Air Force medical officer Lt. Col.
> Antonio Munoz Carinano, a well-known ear, nose and throat specialist,
> in his private clinic in Seville, CNN reported on 17 October.
> Eyewitnesses gave descriptions of the attackers to a police patrol
> unit, which spotted them and opened fire. One of the men was wounded
> in the shoulder, but escaped, while another was captured. The latest
> killing, the fifteenth that ETA has either claimed responsibility or
> was blamed for since the start of the year, forced Prime Minister Jose
> Maria Aznar to cancel a planned official visit to Vietnam later in the
> week.
>
> Yemen - USS Cole
> - Yemeni investigators in Aden have found unspecified bomb-making
> materials in a house near the port and believe that two men who had
> spent some time there are linked to the 12 October  bomb attack on the
> USS Cole that killed 17 US Navy men and women and injured another 39,
> AP reported on 17 October. Authorities simply identified the men as
> non-Yemeni Arabs. However, other officials said they were Saudi. The
> men are believed to have entered the country four days before the
> attack, but the country they travelled from was not identified.  Saudi
> Arabia and Yemen have disputed for decades the ownership of three Red
> Sea islands and parts of the Empty Quarter, a desert region with
> potentially lucrative oil deposits, although an agreement to settle
> disputes was signed earlier in the year.
>
>
> ---------------
> Police Review
> 20 October 2000
> ---------------
>
> NCIS seeking 114 per cent levy increase
> AN increase of 114 per cent in its levy from forces is being sought by
> the National Criminal Intelligence Service, it was disclosed at an
> NCIS service authority meeting this week.
>
> Survey shows rise in street crime in 1999
> Neighbourhood regeneration is the key to combating street crime, said
> Tony Burden, the new president of ACPO.
>
> Force resumes public order training
> PUBLIC order training will be resumed next week in West Yorkshire
> Police after an 18-month delay, the force has announced. A new public
> order training facility was unveiled this week and is due to take in
> its first trainees next week.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Jane's Police and Security Equipment
> 18th October 2000
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> The following newsbrief entry is a sample of the new equipment that
> was featured at the International Police & Security EXPO2000 at the
> National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England (10-12 October 2000).
> For further information contact on Jane's Police and Security
> Equipment, contact Jane's at the details at the bottom of this e-mail.
> Mike McBride
> Editor Jane's Police and Security Equipment
>
> The KeyWatcher(tm)
> Police and security organisations have a need to account for keys
> particularly for secure areas. The new KeyWatcher(tm) by Morse
> Watchman is a total key management system offering constant and
> reliable 24 hour a day access and control. Keys are electronically and
> mechanically locked into a wall mounted cabinet. Authorised employees
> access selected keys to vehicles, armouries, cells, etc, with a swipe
> card. Tampering with the keys triggers an alarm; an alarm also sounds
> when a key is overdue. On demand management reports are produced
> including an audit trail, employee usage, overdue keys, keys in use
> and much more. Each key is fitted to a 'smart key' which works as an
> intelligent system to electronically monitor key release and return.
>
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> ---------------------
> Jane's World Airlines
> 16 October 2000
> ---------------------
>
> AMERICAN EAGLE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR REGIONAL SERVICE BETWEEN ARKANSAS
> AND NEW YOK LAGUARDIA
> The regional affiliate of American Airlines, American Eagle announced
> on 17 October, that it plans to introduce regional jet service between
> Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport and New York LaGuardia Airport.
> The airline has submitted the necessary certification under the
> provision  of the Wendell H Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act
> for the 21st Century (Air 21).
>
> AMERICAN TRANS AIR TO UPGRADE RB211 ENGINES
> American Trans Air, the IATA domestic scheduled and worldwide charter
> carrier has chosen Rolls-Royce to upgrade its RB211 engines in a deal
> representing US$63 million. The deal, which includes spare engines,
> involves upgrading the RB211-524B4s on American Trans Air's five Tri
> Star L1011-500 aircraft. The airline recently ordered Rolls-Royce
> RB211 engines for a further 22 Boeing 757-200 aircraft with deliveries
> beginning in July 2001.
>
> CSA - CZECH AIRLINES SIGNS AN AGREEMENT WITH SKYTEAM ALLIANCE
> In a ceremony on 18 October 2000, which took place in the Municipal
> House, Prague, CSA - Czech Airlines signed an agreement to join the
> SkyTeam global alliance from April 2001.
> The alliance currently consists of four airlines: Aeromexico, Air
> France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air. CSA will add 56 locations to
> SkyTeams network when it joins.
> CSA has previously considered membership in a global alliance and has
> been involved in a number of negotiations prior to deciding to join
> SkyTeam.
>
> CSA Operates a fleet of Airbus, Boeing and ATR Aerospatiale Alenia
> aircraft and generated a net profit of US$2.8 million in 1999.
>
> CANADA 3000 ORDERS ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AND IS AWARDED NEW SERVICE TO
> INDIA
> Canada 3000, the Ontario-based carrier has contracted for a total of
> nine Airbus A319 aircraft. The aircraft will be phased in over the
> next two and a half years.
> Canada 3000 Airlines is a privately owned charter airline and was
> founded in 1988, employing a staff of 2,200.
> The airline also announced on 17 October that it has been awarded a
> schedule service license to provide airline service between Canada and
> India.
>
> FINNAIR SELLS BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF NORVISTA, INC
> As part of a new distribution strategy, Finnair has sold the business
> operations of Norvista, Inc to All Continents Travel, Inc.  Earlier in
> 2000, Finnair sold the Norvistas in Russia, the Baltics and Sweden.
>
> SAS ANNOUNCES WINTER TRAFFIC PROGRAM EXPANSION PLANS
> SAS, the Swedish scheduled international carrier has announced in its
> new winter traffic program the introduction of Birmingham, UK and also
> Palma de Mallorca as new destinations.
>
>
> ---------------------
> Jane's World Railways
> 16 October 2000
> ---------------------
>
> SNCF orders 22 high-speed trainsets from Alstom
> French National Railways (SNCF) has ordered an additional 22 TGV
> Duplex double-deck high-speed trainsets from Alstom in a FFR2.86
> billion contract that includes an option on a further 60 similar
> trainsets. A major share of the order passes to Bombardier
> Transportation, which will construct two first class and one second
> class car for each trainset as well as six trailer bogies. The new
> trains will be delivered between October 2002 and November 2003 and
> are intended to meet growing traffic needs precipitated by
> improvements to train services and frequencies and the commissioning
> of the new TGV Mediterranae high-speed line. The trainsets on option
> will meet the needs of the TGV Est line, due to open in 2006, and the
> Perpignan Barcelona cross-border line.
>
> Authorities approve Alstom acquisition in Fiat Ferroviaria
> European Union competition authorities have approved the acquisition
> by Alstom of a majority shareholding in Fiat Ferroviaria. The proposed
> takeover, which valued the whole Italian company at Euro300 million,
> was announced in June.
>
> Adtranz agrees on Railcare purchase
> In the UK, Adtranz has agreed to purchase traction and rolling stock
> maintenance and refurbishment specialist Railcare from Babcock
> International and Siemens Transportation Systems, which own 60 per
> cent and 40 per cent respectively of the company. Railcare operates at
> three sites: Coventry, Springburn (Glasgow) and Wolverton (Milton
> Keynes). The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval,
> will considerably strengthen the presence of Adtranz in the UK rolling
> stock maintenance and overhaul market at a time when the company
> itself is in the process of being acquired by Bombardier
> Transportation.
>
> STB tables proposals on major freight mergers
> The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) has tabled proposals for new
> rules governing mergers between major freight railroads. The proposed
> regulations follow a 15-month moratorium imposed in March by the STB,
> blocking a planned merger between Burlington Northern Santa Fe and
> Canadian National, and are intended to test whether new consolidations
> are in the interests of shippers. Public comment has been invited on
> the regulations, which would apply to rail carriers with annual
> revenues exceeding US$250 million.
>
> Adtranz to supply Turbostars to Porterbrook
> Adtranz is to supply eight two-car Turbostar dmus to Porterbrook
> Leasing for onward lease to UK operator South West Trains (SWT).
> Valued at £18 million, the order includes the one-thousandth new car
> to have been ordered from Adtranz since British Rail was privatised in
> 1996. SWT is primarily an emu-operated system, but employs dmus on
> several routes, including London Waterloo Exeter and Reading Brighton.
> The new trains are due to enter service early in 2001.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Jane's High Speed Marine Transportation
> 17 October 2000
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Babcock signs contract on 52 metre Tricat
> Earlier this month FBMA Babcock Marine signed a contract for a 52
> metre Tricat fast ferry for operator Dae A Express Shipping Company of
> Pohang of South Korea. The vessel will have a capacity for 447
> passengers at speeds up to 43 knots and will be powered by four MTU
> 16V4000 M70 diesel engines each driving a Kamewa 63 waterjet. This
> will be the fourth Tricat built by the FBMA yard in Cebu, Philippines.
>
> Incat has new ride control system fitted
> The 96 metre Incat Evolution 10 fast wavepiercing catamaran 'Milenium'
> has had a new arrangement of T foil ride control system fitted. This
> arrangement allows the foil to be withdrawn from the water during calm
> water operation, thus reducing fuel consumption, and lowered down in
> rough weather when the motion control system is required. This
> represents a major benefit in operational characteristics over the
> traditional systems.
>
> Fjellstrand delivers first FlyingCat 30 fast catamaran
> Fjellstrand of Norway have delivered their first FlyingCat 30 fast
> catamaran ferry 'Grip'  to Norwegian operator More og Romsdal
> Fylkesbatar. The vessel has a passenger capacity of 150 with an
> operation speed of 33 knots being powered by two MWM TBD616 V16 diesel
> engines each rated at 1135 kw and each driving a Kamewa A50 waterjet.
> Fjellstrand are currently completing a 52 metre fast catamaran ferry
> for Virtu of Malta which has a capacity for 420 passengers and 20
> cars. This latter vessel is scheduled for delivery in early 2001.
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