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.
On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Zelenskyy signed "Drone Deal" cooperation pacts with Estonia and the Netherlands, with Canada and Finland...
As NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, the alliance unveiled tens of billions in new defense projects — over $40 billion for counter-drones, an "Amazon-style"...
A classified European intelligence report seen by Reuters warns Russia risks an "explosive" banking crisis, with subsidized war loans and state support concealing deep...
Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery — Russia's highest-capacity fuel producer, nearly 2,500 kilometers from the border — in one of the deepest attacks...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned July 5 that intelligence indicates Russia is preparing another massive strike on Ukrainian cities, days after Moscow's largest-ever assault...