by Robert Beckhusen | Nov 27, 2012 | Monitor
Watch out, Vladimir Putin: China’s drone fleet is getting real. And judging from how Beijing is promoting its robots to the outside world, they’re aimed straight at Russia.
by Robert Beckhusen | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
Robot subs, sea-based missile interceptors and new intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Kremlin is promising a major upgrade to its arsenal. And if even some of those promises are met, it could cause a serious shift in the global balance of power. Russian...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 9, 2012 | Monitor
Physicists clear ice from the U.S.S. Annapolis nuclear attack submarine on March 22, 2009. Photo: Navy The exaggerated fears of a coming Arctic war with Russia have largely receded since a media freakout last year. But that isn’t stopping Russia from building...
by David Axe | Aug 6, 2012 | Monitor
The Russian military will acquire long-range, presumably jet-powered strike drones to help replace its arsenal of decrepit Cold War-era Tupolev heavy bombers, according to Moscow’s long-range aviation commander, Lt. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev. Just one problem: The...
by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
Alexei Navalny. Photo: Wikimedia Alexei Navalny, the Russian blogger who emerged as a prominent leader of an anti-Putin protest movement fueled by social media, is now facing up to 10 years in prison. On Tuesday, prosecutors from Russia’s State Investigative...
