Russia’s Su-57 felon would have a ‘rough time’ attacking an F-35 stealth fighter
What You Need to Know: The Sukhoi Su-57, Russia's answer to fifth-generation fighter jets, faces production issues and is unlikely...
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Nuclear drills in Russia – don’t assume Putin is bluffing
There was a time when the press would have provided significant coverage of something like the danger of nuclear war....
North Korean troops in Kursk could backfire on Moscow, Pyongyang
There is no longer much doubt that there are North Korean troops training in far eastern Russia. Western intelligence services...
Russia almost captured an F-14 Tomcat like in Top Gun: Maverick
What You Need to Know: In 1976, the U.S. Navy faced a Cold War emergency when an F-14 Tomcat fell...
Expert on loopholes helping Russia skirt sanctions
The United States has put sanctions on a number of totalitarian countries, such as China and Russia. But there seem...
A Russian-made missile nearly shot down an SR-71 Blackbird spy plane
What You Need to Know: The fastest airframe to ever fly the skies is surprisingly not a twenty-first-century invention. Nearly...
Russia so freaked: Iowa-Class battleships made a comeback due to ‘battlecruiser’ threat
What You Need to Know: Before aircraft carriers dominated naval supremacy, U.S. battleships like the Iowa-class ruled the seas. Built...
Russia may retire its last Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser
The Russian Navy’s sole remaining nuclear-powered guided-missile battlecruiser, Pyotr Velikiy, may soon be decommissioned due to escalating maintenance costs and the...
Putin’s favorite
On September 5th, Vladimir Putin publicly named his favorite for the U.S. presidential election. At the Eastern Economic Forum session,...
Putin threatens nuclear war – Nothing to see here, move along
The United States is about to approve the use by Ukraine of long-range precision strike missiles on Russia. The Russians...
Russia’s MiG-35 fighter looks to be ‘headed for a crash landing’
The MiG-35 "Fulcrum-F" was once hailed as Russia's next-generation fighter, but its capabilities have proven underwhelming. -Marketed as a "4+++...
Effect of Russia’s US election influence operations minuscule in comparison to Putin statements: Illarionov
The Department of Justice announced recently that Russia has been running sophisticated influence campaigns to sway public opinion in the...
Ukraine’s incursion into Russia boosting morale, could lead to sustained presence there: Illarionov
Andrei Illarionov, CSP senior analyst for Russian and European affairs, joined NTD for analysis of Ukraine’s incursion into Russia.
Ukraine’s Kursk incursion a ‘very substantial achievement,’ too early to tell if game-changer for Putin: Illarionov
Ukraine now holds a substantial swath of Russian territory after a cross-border attack into the Kursk region took the Russian...
‘Very significant’: Vladimir Putin touches down in North Korea for first time in 24 years for talks with Kim Jong-Un
Editor's Note: This piece by Laura Grassby is based on an interview with CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. The Russian...