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 and Summary – RUSI’s new study argues Russia’s Sukhoi fighter lines—Su-30/Su-34/Su-35 and Su-57—remain vulnerable despite wartime output. -Second- and third-tier suppliers still...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s draft 2026–2028 budget signals mounting strain on war financing. Opposition economist Vladimir Milov flags seven straight years of...
Key Points and Summary – China has commissioned CV-18 Fujian, the PLAN’s first EMALS-equipped carrier, marking a rapid jump from ski-jump decks to catapult...
Key Points and Summary – The multinational GCAP 6th-generation fighter program (UK, Japan, Italy) is already facing “stark” warnings that it is “destined to...