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 – 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...
Key Points and Summary – A second prototype of China’s three-engine Chengdu J-36 has appeared near CAC’s Chengdu airfield, roughly ten months after the...
Key Points and Summary – The battle for Pokrovsk, a critical logistical hub in the Donbas, has become a “disaster” for Ukraine. -President Zelenskyy...
Key Points and Summary – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Kyiv is in negotiations with France to acquire Dassault Rafale fighter jets....
Key Points and Summary – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to “expand the geography” of long-range strikes, vowing Russia’s oil industry will “pay...