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
The Russian Navy has only one aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, and its track record is less than stellar. Nevertheless, Russia’s Krylovsky State Research...
Summary and Key Points: China’s latest aircraft carrier, Fujian, has entered its seventh round of sea trials, increasing its operational readiness ahead of commissioning....
Summary and Key Points: Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to end the Ukraine war quickly, the Kremlin has declared the conflict’s resolution will be...
Summary and Key Points: Ukraine’s August 2024 offensive into Russia’s Kursk region initially seemed a strategic triumph, catching Moscow off-guard and highlighting Russian military...
Have all the back-and-forth in negotiations, the half-truths, prevaricating, and antics of Russian President Vladimir Putin begun to test the patience of US President Donald Trump?...
Summary and Key Points: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s 2024 “Victory Plan” aims to end the war with Russia by securing increased military aid and...
In the wake of a tragic January 29 air-to-air collision between a United States Army Sikorsky BlackHawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 over...