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Franz-Stefan Gady • The Diplomat

Russia Upgrading Su-57 to 6th Generation Fighter Jet?

Russia's first indigenously designed and built fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Su-57, could be turned into a sixth-generation fighter...

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Andrew A. Michta • 1945

Seeking to Pry Russia Away from China, the U.S. May End Up Losing Europe

Putin’s proposal for a U.S.-China-Russia trilateral in China — with Ukraine and Europe excluded — has revived Beltway enthusiasm for a...

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Mike Brest • Washington Examiner

Russia's Sustained Pattern of Harassing U.S. National Security Space Satellites

A Russian military satellite that got dangerously close to a U.S.-registered one earlier this month is the latest in a string of similar incidents,...

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Hlib Parfonov • Eurasia Daily Monitor

Lessons Learned From Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Lessons Learned From Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Russian Military Adaptation and Defense Implications for Baltic States Executive Summary: The...

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Defense

Lessons Learned From Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Hlib Parfonov • RealClearDefense • October 27, 2026
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Kirsti Knolle • Reuters

Germany’s Military Warns of ‘Significant’ Russian Sabotage Threat

Germany's armed forces classified the threat of ​Russian sabotage against their own troops and facilities as "significant" for the first time...

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Congressional Research Service • Congressional Research Service

Report to Congress on Russia’s Arctic Military Posture

The Arctic is a key strategic region for Russia with significant military and economic implications. Russia is the largest of the Arctic states in...

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John Vandiver • Stars and Stripes

Russia Builds Powerful New Radar

Russia is building a massive radar installation on territory bordering Poland and Lithuania that could eventually detect American and NATO military...

6d agoRead it on Stars and Stripes
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Vadim Shtepa • Eurasia Daily Monitor

Putin Makes Nuclear Threats Over Kaliningrad

Putin Makes Nuclear Threats Over Kaliningrad Executive Summary: The Kremlin threatened to use nuclear weapons against the North Atlantic Treaty...

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Mark Montgomery • CEPA

Deepening Black Sea Crisis Demands U.S. Involvement

Russian strikes on Black Sea shipping are probing NATO’s tolerance for attacks on allies. The US and Europe must reinforce the region....

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Defense

Putin Makes Nuclear Threats Over Kaliningrad

Vadim Shtepa • RealClearDefense • October 22, 2026