---
title: "Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Stories We Didn’t Report On This Week"
description: "We can talk about hypersonic weapons, submarines, geopolitics, APCs, strategy—you know, no big whoop."
date: "2018-09-21"
modified: "2018-09-21"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway"
url: "https://www.twz.com/23760/bunker-talk-lets-talk-about-all-the-stories-we-didnt-report-on-this-week-2"
categories:
  - "Bunker Talk"
  - "News & Features"
tags:
  - "BSing"
  - "Bunker Talk"
  - "Off Topic"
  - "Open Forum"
  - "Open Thread"
  - "Weekend Chat"
---

# Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Stories We Didn’t Report On This Week

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/2018/09/asdadc11.jpg>)
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Considering how successful the first installment of this segment was we are going to try it again this week! This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn't get to. In other words, literally an off-topic thread.

We can talk about the Trump administration's [new 'offensive' cyber policy](<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-authorizes-offensive-cyber-operations-to-deter-foreign-adversaries-bolton-says/2018/09/20/b5880578-bd0b-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html?utm_term=.16b4068a5764&tid=sm_tw>) and its potential merits and pitfalls. Or how about how the Russian Navy is finally about to dunk its second *Lada* class SSK in the water? I would like to hear from our resident veteran sub hunter @ancientsubhuntr about this one in particular.

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1042713236167172096

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1042752898562711553

Or maybe we can discuss how rad it is to see AAVs leap into the water from a concrete peer:

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1042148503055736832

Wait... I actually wrote about that years ago on my old site. Oh well, this is a far better angle!

Then there is the fact that Pakistan's brand new AH-1Zs have gone straight into storage. Flashbacks of [the embargoed F-16A/Bs](<https://www.twz.com/3383/what-it-was-like-flying-and-fighting-the-f-16n-viper-topguns-legendary-hotrod>) anyone?

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1042151267563393024

Once again, this is an entirely open exercise, let's chat!

*Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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