Jane's International Defence Review

International Defense Review was established in 1968. It was published by Interavia SA (Geneva, Switzerland) until it was acquired by Jane's Publishing Group in 1987.{{cite news|title=Jane's Buys Swiss Defense Publishing Firm|work=Associated Press|url=https://www.apnews.com/aafa9dc636b70576c417e83e6555a143|date=3 September 1987|accessdate=15 January 2019}} According to one entry in WorldCat, the name of the magazine was International Defense Review,{{WorldCat|oclc=1893800|name=International Defense Review}} but another WorldCat entry states that the name was International Defence Review from 1968 until 1995.{{WorldCat|oclc=1043995674|name=International Defence Review}} Yet another WorldCat entry states that the title is IHS Jane's International Defence Review after 2012.{{WorldCat|oclc=772549150|title=IHS Jane's International Defence Review}}

The IDR is one of a number of military-related publications named after Fred T. Jane, an Englishman who first published Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships in 1898. It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which was acquired by IHS Inc. in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://news.ihsmarkit.com/press-release/corporate/ihs-acquires-janes-information-group|title=IHS Acquires Jane's Information Group|date=12 June 2007|work=IHS Markit|accessdate=15 January 2019}}

The magazine provides in-depth coverage and analysis of air, land and sea platforms and systems, and regularly features articles on equipment upgrade programmes, strategic and security issues, military doctrine, electronics and computing, operations and training and foreign affairs. It is widely considered to be a reputable source of public domain information regarding defence systems and military and industry news.

The last edition of IDR was published in December 2021. It and Jane's Intelligence Review were replaced by Janes Defence and Intelligence Review.{{cite magazine |last=Wasserbly |first=Daniel |date=December 2021 |title=Goodbye and Thank You from IDR |magazine=Jane's International Defence Review |location=London |publisher=Janes Information Services}}{{Cite tweet |user=JanesINTEL |number=1484196953458192384 |title=Janes Defence and Intelligence Review |date=20 January 2022}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724164352/http://idr.janes.com/ Jane's IDR home page]
• [http://www.janes.com/ Jane's Information Group home page]

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