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
Satellite imagery analyzed by RFE/RL shows Russia has stripped air defense batteries from Arctic installations — including the region that builds its nuclear submarines...
Reuben Johnson argues every rationale Putin gave for invading Ukraine has collapsed: the drive to block NATO instead pushed Finland and Sweden into the...
A UN report documents a 'marked increase' in the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war, verifying 129 cases, while Ukrainian intelligence says it has...
Telegraph reporting says Russian recruitment has run dry: roughly 1,080 daily sign-ups against higher daily losses, collapsed bonuses, North Korean units at 50% casualties,...