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: Russia’s proposed MiG-41 (PAK-DP), touted as a sixth-generation stealth interceptor successor to the MiG-31 with claimed Mach 4+ speeds, is likely an...
Many questions have been raised about the extensive overhaul and reactor-refueling process (RCOH) of the USS George Washington (CVN 73), the sixth of the...
Key Points: Intercepting hypersonic weapons (Mach 5+, maneuvering) presents extreme challenges for current missile defenses like Patriot due to very short reaction times. -High-energy...
Key Points: The US Air Force is upgrading its B-52H Stratofortress fleet through the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP), creating the B-52J variant intended...
Why Is Russia Moving Air Defence Systems to Crimea? According to Atesh, a Ukrainian resistance organization formed in September 2022, Russian forces are now...
In September, Russia and Belarus will hold another major “Zapad” military exercise. The word means “West” in Russian. The exercise signifies that Moscow automatically...