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Arms Transfers, Milex and AP Projects: Sources list
NB: for generic codes (DAILY, OTH, etc) note actual source name also in comment fields of database records + subject field of RALPH pdf.
NB: sources in italics are historical – used in the past but not currently; use for converting paper files to RALPH.
NB: if sources used for old paper files are not listed either create new code (in italics) or use generic code.
Last updated 2016-05-11
AAS Milavnews Air Letter AAS-AL
AAS Milavnews News Letter AAS-NL
Aero & Def Intell Newsletter (news-center@forecast1.com) !!! use WADI !!! ADIN
Aerospace Technology AIRTEC
Africa Confidential AC
Arms Control Today ACT
African Defence (also Afrique Defense) AFRDEF
Africa Defence Journal ADJ
Agence pour la Diffusion de l’Information Technologique ADIT
Africa Insight AI
AFX News Ltd AFX
Air & Cosmos (old code A+C used in paper files) AIRCOS
Air Forces Monthly AFMON
Air Recognition AIRREC
Agence France Presse AFP
Aljazeera ALJAZ
Allafrica.com (internet) ALLAFRICA
Antimilitarismus Information AMI
Arabian Aerospace ARAB
Armed Forces Journal (former + International) AFJ (AFJI)
Army Recognition ARMREC
Africa Research Bulletin ARB
Army Technology (internet) ARMTECH
Asia Pacific Defence Reporter APDR
Asia Times AT
Asian Defence Journal ASDJ
Asian Defence Blogspot (theasiandefence.blogspot.com). ASDEF
Asian Development Bank ADB
Asian Military Review AMR
Asia Pacific Defense Forum (journal and newsletter) ASPAC
Associated Press AP
Atlantic News (Succeeded by Europe Diplpomacy & Defence, EDD) AN
Australian Broadcasting Company AUSBC
Australian Defence Magazine ADM
Australian Strategic Policy Institute ASPI
Aviation News AVNEWS
Aviationnews.eu AVEU
Aviation International News On Line AINOL
Aviation Week & Space Technology (also for Aviation Week) AWST
Baltimore Sun (old code – use DAILY for new articles or conversion to RALPH) BSUN
Bangkok Post (internet) BANPOI
BBC News website BBC
BBC Monitoring BBCM
Bloomberg (internet) BLOOM
Boston Globe (old code – use DAILY for new articles or conversion to RALPH) BGLO
British American Security Information Council BASIC
Broadcasting and News Agencies (code for smaller broadcasting and/or news agencies) BCNA
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists BAS
Business Monitor International BMI
Business Wire BW
Buzz (Department of Defense Buzz) BUZZ
Calculations (from SIPRI) CALC
CAST (think tank in Russia) CAST
CBSNews.com CBS
CDI (Center for Defense Information) CDI
Center for European Reform (CER) Bulletin CERBUL
Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS
Central Bank (+ added country code – e.g. CB-FJI) CB-XXX
Central Office for Statistics (+ added country code e.g. COS-USA) COS-XXX
Central Statistical Bureau CSB
Central Statistical Office CSO-XXX
China Daily (CHI) CHIDAI
China Today CHITOD
Chinese Military Update (by RUSI) CHIMIL
CNN (Cable News Network) CNN
COARM (EU) COARM
Company (Press releases and other docs from companies websites) COMP
Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report CQWR
Congressional Research Service (Reports for USA Congress) CRS
Council of Foreign Relations CFR
Dagens Nyheter DNY
Damocles DAMO
David Isenberg (News) DI
Dawn (internet) DAWN
Defensa.com (internet) DEFNSA
Defense-aerospace.com (internet) DEFAE
Defense and Armament DEFARM
Defense Daily Network (tjones@pbimedia.com) DDN
Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily DFAD
Defence Helicopter DEFHEL
Defence and Peace Economics DECO
Defense Industry Daily DIDA
Defense News DN
Defence News Analysis DNA
Defence Review Asia DEREAS
Defense Securite Internationale DSI
Defense Talk DTALK
Defense Technology International DTI
Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA
Defense Update (internet) DEFUPD
DefenceWeb DEFWEB
Department of Planning (+ added country code, DPTPLA-PHI) DPTPLA-XXX
Der Spiegel SPIEGEL
East European Report EER
Economist E
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ECOWAS
Europe Diplpomacy & Defence, EDD EDD
Economist Intelligence Unit EIU
Ekspert (Russian Business) EKSPERT
Eksport Vooruzheniy EKSVOO
the Economics of Peace and Security Journal EPSJOURNAL
El Tiempo TIEMPO
Embassies (+ added country code; e.g. EMB-SWE) EMB
Encyclopaedia of Armoured Cars EOAC
Eurasia Daily Monitor (published by the Jamestown Foundation) EDM
EurasiaNet EURASIA
European Security & Defence ESD
European Defence Agency EDA
European Security Review ESR
European Union EU
Far Eastern Economic Review FEER
FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) FBIS
Financial Times FT
Flight International (also Flight Global internet) FI
Forecast International FOREINT
Foreign Policy (magazine including on-line) FP
Försvarsindustriföreningen (Swedish Defence Industry Association, not in use, see SOFF below) FIF
General Accounting Office (USA) GAO
Getty Images GETTY
Government (+ added country code; e.g. GOV-SWE) GOV-XXX
Government (+ European Union) GOV-EU
Guardian (UK) GUA
Helibub (internet) HELHUB
Horn of Africa Bulletin THAB
Huffington Post HUFFPO
Independent (UK) IND
India Defence (india-defence.com) INDEF
Indian Defence Review INDDR
Institute for the Economy in Transition IET
Infodefensa.com INFODE
Indian Military Review IMR
Institute of Regional Studies Islamabad IRSI
Intelligence Online IO
Interavia I
Interfax (RUS) IF
International Air Letter IAL
International Finance Statistics IFS
International Herald Tribune IHT
International Monetary Fund IMF
Inter Press Service IPS
International Relations & Security Network (internet) ISN
Internet (generic code for internet sources) INTERN
Investir en Zone Franc IZF
Iranian Republic News Agency IRNA
IRIN – humanitarian news and analysis IRIN
ITAR-TASS TASS
Jamestown Foundation JF
Jane’s 360 (internet) JANE360
Jane’s All the World Aircraft JAWA
Jane’s Defence Industry JDI
Jane’s Defence Weekly JDW
Jane’s Intelligence Review JIR
Jane’s International Defence Review IDR
Jane’s Missile and Rockets JMR
Japan Times JT
Jerusalem Post JPOST
Johnson’s Russia List JRL
Journals (generic code) JOURNAL
Kommersant (RUS) KOMM
Korean Central News Agency KCNA
Latin America Newsletters – Security & Strategic Review LASSR
Latin America Newsletters -Weekly Report (No longer subscription, only LASSR) LAWR
Latin America Newsletters -Regional Report (No longer subscription, only LASSR) LARR
La Tribune (FRA) TRIBUNE
Le Monde (FRA) LM
Los Angeles Times (USA) LAT
Mer et Marine MERMAR
Middle East Defence Newsletter MEDN
Middle East Online MEO
Milex: Budget figures, statistics STAT
Military Parade MILPAR
Military Photos (internet – militaryphotos.net) MILPHO
Military Technology MT
Ministry of Defence (+ added country code) MOD-XXX
Moscow Defence Brief MDB
Ministry of Finance/Economy/Treasury (+ added country code) MOF-XXX
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (+ added country code) MOFA-XXX
Ministry of Interior (and Administration) (+ added country code) MOI-XXX
Ministry of Justice (+ added country code) MOJ-XXX
Moscow News MOSNEWS
Moscow Times MOSTIMES
MSNBC.com (internet) MSNBC
National Public Radio (USA) NPR
National Statistics Office (+ added country code) NSO
NATO (Official publications) NATOPUB
NATO (Press releases) NATOPR
NATO’s Nations and Partners for Peace NNPP
Naval Intelligence NAVINT
Navy Recognition NAVREC
Naval Technology NAVTEC
Network Contact NC
Nezavisimaia Gazeta (USR/RUS) NG
New York Times (USA) NYT
Newsweek(USA) NWK
NGO-name (abbreviation) of the NGO OR + country code NGO-XXX
NGO-Arms Control Association NGO-ACA
NGO-Amnesty International NGO-AI
NGO-Balkan Investigative Reporting Network NGO-BIRN
NGO-Campagin Against Arms Trade NGO-CAAT
NGO-Conflict Armament Research NGO-CAR
NGO-Center for Security and Budgetary Assessments NGO-CSBA
NGO-Center for Strategic and International Studies NGO-CSIS
NGO-Federation of American Scientists NGO-FAS
NGO-Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la securite NGO-GRIP
NGO-Human Rights Watch NGO-HRW
NGO-Institute of War and Peace Reporting NGO-IWPR
NGO-International Action Network on Small Arms NGO-IANSA
NGO-International Crisis Group NGO-ICG
NGO-Open Democracy NGO-OD
NGO-International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) NGO-IISS
NGO-The Ploughshares Monitor NGO-PM
NGO-RAND NGO-RAND
S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS; SIN) NGO-RSIS
NGO-SEESAC NGO-SEESAC
NGO-Small Arms Survey NGO-SAS
Observer OBS
Open Source Center (was FBIS and can be used instead) OSC
OSCE OSCE
Osterreichische Militarische Zeitung OMZ
Other (eg small regional papers or other sources unlikely to be used often) OTH
Pakistan Defence.com (internet) PAKDEF
Parliament (+ added country code) PARL-XXX
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) PBS
Pravda PRAVDA
Preview – The Journal for Defence Equipment Acquisition (published by MOD-UK) PRE
Proceedings US Naval Institute PROCEE
PROTEC PROTEC
Quwa (Defense News & Analysis Group) QUWA
RESDAL – Red de Seguridad y Defensa de America Latina RESDAL
Reuters REU
RFE/RL (incl. RFE/RL Research Report) RFERL
RIA Novosti (RUS) RIAN
Rotorhub (internet) ROTHUB
Rotor & Wing Magazine. ROTWING
RUSI Journal RUSI
Scramble SCRAM
SIPRI SIPRI
Soldat und Technik (FRG) ST
Southeast European Times SET
St Petersburg Times (RUS) PETIME
STRATFOR STRAT
Sunday Times (London) SUNTIM
Svenska Dagbladet SVD
Swedish Journal of Military Technology SJMT
Swedish Security & Defence Industry (Skerhets- & Forsvarsfsretagen) (former FIF) SOFF
Technologia Militar TM
Telegraph On Line DAITEL
Times (incl. Times Online; UK) TIM
Times of India TOI
Unmanned (Newsletter) UNMAN
United Nations UN
Unión de Naciones Suramericana UNASUR
USA Today UST
Voice of America VOA
Wall Street Journal (USA) WSJ
Washington Post (USA) WPOST
Washington Technology (USA) WASHTECH
Washington Times (USA) WT
World Aerospace & Defence Intelligence (internet) WADI
World Bank WB
World Economic Outlook WEO
Xinhua (CHI) XINHUA
WIKIPEDIA WIKIPEDIA
Daily DAILY
Monthly MONTHLY
Weekly WEEKLY
World Military vehicles Forecast WMVF
Other (eg small regional papers or other sources unlikely to be used often) OTH
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SIPRI APROD Questionnaire – country code_company APROD Q200X