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.
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has accused exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky of plotting a coup, a move experts dismiss...
Key Points and Summary – Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service has unveiled a significantly upgraded “Sea Baby” naval drone, transforming it from a “suicide” craft...
Key Points and Summary – A new RAND Corporation report warns that “interoperability” within NATO air forces is largely a myth, creating significant fragility....
Key Points and Summary – According to a captured Russian soldier, Russia’s elite GRU military intelligence units have suffered catastrophic losses in Ukraine, with...
Key Points and Summary – Ukrainian President Zelenskyy traveled to Linköping, Sweden, today for talks expected to cement a landmark deal for Saab JAS...
Key Points and Summary – During the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, India recovered an intact Chinese PL-15E air-to-air missile fired by a Pakistani jet....