---
title: "Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Stories We Didn’t Report On This Week"
description: "We can talk about the chemical warfare, wrecked Raptors, geopolitics, torn-up treaties, strategy—you know, no big whoop."
date: "2018-10-26"
modified: "2018-10-26"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/24504/bunker-talk-lets-talk-about-all-the-stories-we-didnt-report-on-this-week-4"
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/2018/10/cc11n.jpg>)
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After missing a couple weeks, it's probably time we all get together for a little bunker talk. 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 these dismal 5th generation fighter mission capable rates for 2018:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1055949611909566464

Or this new combat buggy from Mother Russia:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1055702497728323584

Or yet another submarine scare in Sweden:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1055707794077302789

Or even the fact that [Canada's next frigate](<https://www.twz.com/24335/canada-chooses-bae-lockheed-proposal-to-build-frigates-based-on-u-k-s-type-26-design.md>) will have better close-in defensive capability than the [Royal Navy's new supercarriers](<https://www.twz.com/17158/queen-elizabeth-class-carriers-have-woefully-inadequate-close-in-air-defense-capabilities.md>):

https://twitter.com/_/status/1055481741023023104

There is also this intense display of modern weaponry over Israel just hours ago. Iron Dome is one incredible weapon system to watch in action:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1055904486814814210

https://twitter.com/_/status/1055901728418205696

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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