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 and Summary – Retired Col. Gen. Vladimir Chirkin, former commander of Russia’s ground forces, has publicly blasted his country’s intelligence community for...
Key Points and Summary – Leaked Russian documents obtained by the Kyiv Independent reveal a covert Chinese arms pipeline from Moscow to Beijing since...
Key Points and Summary – Europe’s flagship Future Combat Air System (FCAS) was meant to showcase “European unity” and deliver a sixth-generation fighter plus...
Key Points and Summary – The piece contrasts Vladimir Putin’s 2007 trip to India—when “Putin” jokingly stood for planes, uranium, tanks, infrastructure, and nuclear...
Key Points and Summary – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is still trying to slow-roll the Navy’s sixth-generation F/A-XX program, arguing the U.S. industrial base...
Key Points and Summary – China’s new YKJ-1000 “cement-coated” missile could upend the balance between cheap offense and costly defense at sea for the...