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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North Korean MiG-29s Now Carry IRIS-T-Style Missiles — With Russian Help?: Article Summary -New imagery from North Korea’s KCNA shows MiG-29s carrying a previously...
Key Points and Summary – Germany has quietly produced a 1,200-page Operational Plan for Germany that assumes a large-scale war with Russia and treats...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Ukraine war economy is hitting a breaking point. A Financial Times–cited study shows arms plants have tripled since...
Key Points and Summary: Eurofighter Typhoon Heads Close to Russia Germany has deployed five Eurofighter Typhoons and about 150 Luftwaffe personnel to Malbork in...
Key Points and Summary – The Pentagon has officially delayed the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX, the sixth-generation carrier fighter meant to replace the F/A-18E/F and...
Key Points and Summary – The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy is landing very differently in Moscow and European capitals. -Kremlin spokesman Dmitri...