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.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Chinese researchers claim a major breakthrough with the mass production of a “single-photon detector,” the core component of a...
Key Points and Summary – The F-35’s current, trouble-prone F135 engine, now requiring a multi-billion-dollar fix, is a direct result of “penny-wise, pound-foolish” decisions...
Key Points and Summary – A new report reveals China is “materially helping” Russia’s war in Ukraine by massively increasing exports of critical drone...
Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s F-20 Tigershark was a private-venture fighter in the 1980s designed to be a highly capable, affordable, and easy-to-maintain...
Key Points and Summary – Despite being heavily promoted as an affordable and highly capable stealth fighter, China’s Shenyang J-35A has failed to secure...