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Despite record military spending, Russia’s military-industrial base is in a state of “regression” and failing to modernize, ...
Russia is set to spend 6.3% of its GDP on defense this year — a post-Cold War high.
Russia’s S-500 “Prometheus” is its next-generation mobile air-defense system, designed to supplement and eventually replace ...
Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She ...
Indeed, The Heritage Foundation’s 2021 Index of U.S. Military Strength judges that “Russia remains the primary threat to American interests in Europe and is the most pressing threat to the ...
Maxar Technologies is monitoring the military developments surrounding tensions and cites several new Russian deployments in Crimea and in western Russia near the Ukraine border.
Ukraine’s once-formidable advantage in drone warfare appears to be eroding along parts of the front line. This degradation ...
Russia's urge to catch up to U.S. and China's AI dominance may cause it to take unnecessary risks, though current doctrine stresses the need to keep humans in the loop on decisions.
The 2022 invasion came as a shock to many of Russia’s neighbors in eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, ...
An Iskander system launches a cruise missile in Russia’s Leningrad region during the Zapad-2017 joint Russian and Belarusian military exercise on September 18, 2017.
Though the U.S. has warned China against aiding Russia in its war, Xi Jinping has made a long-term bet on military cooperation with Russia.
Russian schoolchildren are recruited into drone development and other military programs through seemingly harmless video ...