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 – This piece explores newly published PLA-linked research showing that disabling Elon Musk’s Starlink network over Taiwan would be far...
Article Summary – A sanctioned Russian tanker, Seahorse, has repeatedly tried and failed to deliver critical fuel products to Venezuela after a U.S. Navy...
Article Summary – Canada’s Eurofighter Typhoon decision was never really about engines or agility. Ottawa’s CF-18 replacement race collided with NORAD’s “2-Eyes” security rules...
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Article Summary – A previously undisclosed U.S. peace plan presented in Kyiv would end the war on terms many Ukrainians see as capitulation. -According...
Article Summary – At the 2025 Dubai Air Show, Russia rolled out an updated model of its Su-75 Checkmate, a single-engine “affordable” stealth fighter...