Caleb Larson is an American multiformat journalist based in Berlin, Germany. His work covers the intersection of conflict and society, focusing on American foreign policy and European security. He has reported from Germany, Russia, and the United States. Most recently, he covered the war in Ukraine, reporting extensively on the war's shifting battle lines from Donbas and writing on the war's civilian and humanitarian toll. Previously, he worked as a Defense Reporter for POLITICO Europe. You can follow his latest work on X.
Russia is bolting land-based jammers, small-target radar, and anti-drone netting onto its warships as Ukraine's maritime drone campaign chokes the Sea of Azov. Civilian...
L3Harris will build torpedo-tube launch-and-recovery systems letting U.S. Navy submarines deploy and retrieve underwater drones without divers — a step toward subs as drone...
Russia's Oreshnik missile terrified the world when dozens of warheads rained down on Dnipro, sparking fears Moscow had launched an ICBM at Ukraine. But...
Ukraine's drone sector has transformed from an ad hoc network of volunteers modifying commercial quadcopters into an industry of hundreds of companies building strike...
As Ukraine's strikes cripple its refineries, Russia has quietly relaxed fuel standards — allowing gasoline up to 15 times dirtier than the legal limit...
In a rare admission, Vladimir Putin conceded Ukraine's strikes on Russia's energy sector are "creating problems" — while insisting the shortages are "not critical."...