I’ve always been a curious fella. Never real smart, but never afraid to ask why,” he said, joking. “I grew up off the land,” he said. “We hunt. We fish. We trap. Very simple living. We ...

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.