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 – Russia’s battlefield tactics are regressing under pressure from Ukrainian drones and mounting equipment losses. -Leaked footage shows soldiers training...
Key Points and Summary – China has started building the nuclear-powered Type 004 supercarrier, with satellite imagery from Dalian indicating keel work underway. -Projected...
Key Points and Summary – China’s state media revealed Shenyang’s J-35A/B final-assembly hangars, showing unpainted airframes and highlighting recent J-35B catapult launches and arrested...
Key Points and Summary – Ukraine is signaling interest in Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen, with deputy defense minister Ivan Havryliuk hinting Kyiv expects Western fighters...
Ukraine’s Refinery Strikes Push Russia to Import Gasoline -Ukraine’s systematic drone and missile strikes on Russian refineries are reshaping Russia’s fuel market and war...
Taiwan Wants Dassault Rafale? CEO Hints at Interest—and a Big Diplomatic Catch WARSAW, POLAND – More than 20 years ago, France’s Dassault Aviation lost...