Jane’s World Navies
Comprehensive coverage and assessment of the world’s naval forces
Jane’s World Navies is an essential resource for understanding command, operational and deployment data and analysis on the world's navies, including recent operational activity. Joining Jane’s popular series World Armies and World Air Forces, World Navies completes our tri-service information offering covering the world’s major armed forces.
Jane’s World Navies focuses on the capabilities of each force to undertake its core roles, providing insight into the training, command and control, doctrine, strategy, and order of battle for each navy.
The depth and breadth of information covers:
- A summary of the force
- Assessments of current developments and recent operations
- Command and control diagrams and explanations
- Navy organisation details
- Orders of battle
- Training (methodology/multinational exercises etc.)
- Procurement programme
- Equipment in service tables
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- Worldwide news and features – updated daily as soon as the facts are verified
- Market forecasts and trends
- Country risk assessments
- Equipment specifications
- Daily news digest – in near real-time from more than 500 international sources
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Sections
- Glossary
- Spreadsheet: navy aviation equipment in service inventory
- Spreadsheet: world navies equipment in service inventory
- World navies
Commonly Used Terms
Anti-Air Warfare, Advanced Combat Direction System, Airborne Early Warning, Air Independent Propulsion, Anti-Radiation Missile, Advanced Swimmer Delivery System, Anti-Submarine (Warfare), Air-to-Surface Missile, Air-to-Surface Vessel, Commercial Off-the-Shelf, Electronic Countermeasures, Electronic Counter-Countermeasures, Electronic Intelligence, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, Electronic Warfare, Forward-Looking Infra-Red, Global Command and Control System, Global Positioning System, Identification Friend/Foe, Infra-Red Search and Track, Joint Maritime Command Information System, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, Maritime Defence Force, Missile Fire-Control System, Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Japan Maritime Safety Agency, US Military Sealift Command, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (Warfare), Naval Tactical Direction System, Quick Reaction Combat Capability, Rapid Anti-Ship Missile Integrated Defence System, Anti-Submarine Rocket Launcher, Rigid Inflatable Boat, Roll-On/Roll-Off, Surface-to-Air Missile, Search and Rescue, Satellite Communications, Submarine Acoustic Warfare Countermeasures System, Surface Effect Ship, Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, Ship-Launched Cruise Missile, Service Life Extension Programme, Submarine Command System, Surface-to-Surface Missile, Surface Ship Torpedo Defence System, Surveillance Target Indicator Radar, Surface-to-Underwater Missile, Target Acquisition System, Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile, Towed Array Surveillance System, Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence, Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, Underwater-to-Surface Missile, Unmanned Surface Vehicle, Vertical Launch System, Vertical or Short Take-Off/Landing, Vertical Take-Off/Landing