Reuben F. Johnson has thirty-six years of experience analyzing and reporting on foreign weapons systems, defense technologies, and international arms export policy. He is also a survivor of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He worked for years in the American defense industry as a foreign technology analyst and later as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Departments of the Navy and Air Force, and the governments of the United Kingdom and Australia. In 2022-2023, he won two awards in a row for his defense reporting. He holds a bachelor's degree from DePauw University and a master's degree from Miami University in Ohio, specializing in Soviet and Russian studies. He lives in Warsaw.
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Key Points and Summary – UK defense intelligence now estimates Russia has suffered roughly 1.14 million casualties since 2022, with about 353,000 killed and...
Key Points and Summary – Russia has responded to escalating U.S. military pressure on Venezuela by threatening to send advanced missiles, including the new...
Key Points and Summary – Ukraine’s Navy announced a successful precision drone strike on the Sivash drilling platform in the Black Sea, which Russia...
Key Points and Summary – New concept art from Northrop Grumman (NG) for the Navy’s 6th-generation F/A-XX fighter shows a “family resemblance” to its...
Key Points and Summary – Ukraine launched overnight strikes against Russian military, industrial, and energy targets, with blasts at an ammo site in occupied...
Key Points and Summary – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Ukraine will open defense production offices in Berlin and Copenhagen by year’s end to boost...
Key Points and Summary – According to an Oct. 31 Washington Post report, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent Vladimir Putin a personal request for...
Key Points and Summary – Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and military intelligence (HUR) pulled off a covert strike deep inside Russia, destroying a newly...