▁Jane ' s ▁Information ▁Group , ▁is ▁a ▁month ly ▁journal ▁on ▁global ▁security ▁and ▁stability ▁issues ▁published ▁by ▁I HS ▁Global ▁Ltd . ▁Its ▁coverage ▁includes ▁international ▁security ▁issues , ▁state ▁stability , ▁terror ism ▁and ▁ins ur gency , ▁on going ▁conflicts , ▁organized ▁crime , ▁and ▁weapons ▁pro l ifer ation . ▁ ▁History ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁as ▁Jane ' s ▁Soviet ▁Int elligence ▁Review , ▁although ▁a ▁pilot ▁edition ▁had ▁been ▁produced ▁in ▁September ▁the ▁previous ▁year ▁and ▁distributed ▁at ▁the ▁F arn borough ▁Air show ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁test ▁the ▁market . ▁Un iqu ely ▁for ▁Jane ' s — and ▁its ▁then ▁parent ▁company , ▁the ▁Thom son ▁Corporation — the ▁magazine ▁carried ▁no ▁advert ising ▁but ▁re lied ▁on ▁subscription ▁re venue ▁only . ▁It ▁was ▁prof itable ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁publication ▁and ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁remained ▁prof itable ▁ever ▁since . ▁Among ▁the ▁first ▁subscri bers ▁were ▁the ▁then ▁vice - pres ident ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Dan ▁Qu ay le , ▁and ▁the ▁author ▁Tom ▁Cl ancy . ▁In cluded ▁in ▁the ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁issue ▁were ▁articles ▁on ▁the ▁Soviet ▁ 2 S 6 ▁air - def ence ▁system , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Mi - 2 4 ▁hel ic opter ▁and ▁the ▁new ▁command ing ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁Group ▁of ▁Soviet ▁Forces ▁in ▁Germany , ▁Army ▁General ▁Stanis lav ▁Post nik ov . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9