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 – New images and analysis of China’s Chengdu J-36, a 6th-generation stealth aircraft prototype first seen in late 2024, reveal new details...
Key Points – Reports from the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel, known for its Russian security service sources, suggest that officers in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet...
Key Points – After suffering devastating naval losses in the Black Sea at the hands of Ukrainian asymmetric warfare, including drones and anti-ship missiles...
Key Points – Sweden’s Saab-built Gotland-class diesel-electric submarine, the world’s first to be equipped with an Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) system, famously demonstrated its profound...
Key Points – In response to a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow this past weekend, Russian authorities temporarily shut down two major airports (Vnukovo...
Key Points – Poland’s Armaments Agency has canceled its tender for 32 Sikorsky S-70i Blackhawk helicopters, a move announced just before the Paris Air...