Trump and Ukraine: what Russia wants, what Trump could do
Reports in growing numbers speculate or advocate on what the forthcoming Trump administration will do domestically and what policy approach...
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The Russian Air Force is ‘dropping like flies’ in the Ukraine War
What You Need to Know: Despite increased production of Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, Russia's Su-35 "Flanker-E" has struggled in Ukraine....
A Russian pilot defected with a MiG-25 Foxbat fighter jet
What You Need to Know: The defection of Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko in 1976 revealed critical insights into the capabilities...
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...
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...