---
title: "Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Didn’t Report On This Week"
description: "We can talk about mystery chaff clouds, conga lines of airlifters, geopolitics, Russian White Swans migrating south, strategy—you know, no big whoop."
date: "2018-12-14"
modified: "2018-12-14"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/25508/bunker-talk-lets-chat-about-all-the-stories-we-didnt-report-on-this-week-3"
categories:
  - "Bunker Talk"
  - "News & Features"
tags:
  - "BSing"
  - "Bunker Talk"
  - "Off Topic"
  - "Open Forum"
  - "Open Thread"
  - "Weekend Chat"
---

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

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Another week is in the bag here at TWZ and it was an eventful one at that. We chased the ongoing [mystery of large chaff clouds](<https://www.twz.com/25460/now-massive-plumes-of-chaff-are-lighting-up-radar-over-maine-and-florida-too.md>) showing up on radar around the United States, gave everyone [an inside look at](<https://www.twz.com/25486/northrop-grumman-plans-to-upend-aerial-surveillance-market-with-their-optionally-manned-firebird.md>) Northrop Grumman's optionally manned Firebird surveillance plane, and finally [published our gift buying guide](<https://www.twz.com/25434/tys-holiday-gift-guide-for-the-aviation-or-military-geek-in-your-life.md>) for the would-be Pentagon planner in your life. But we also have been hung up on some huge features that are just about done. As a result, there's plenty of stories we couldn't get to and plenty to discuss, so let's get after it!

It's time for 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 the First Lady hopping on a "Green Top" MV-22 to ride out to the USS George H.W. Bush, the first time a First Lady has flown on an Osprey:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1072855571185852416

Then there is some *Zumwalt* class news, with DDG-1001 arriving in San Diego and DDG-1002, the last of the tiny class, being launched this week:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1072178160404439040

https://twitter.com/_/status/1072004781760241664

https://twitter.com/_/status/1072186627798241280

Or we can chat about this new body armor Egyptian Army soldiers are sporting:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1071017990789967872

Then there is this symphony of mini-guns:

https://youtube.com/embed/IKSv-c6zvYo

Or we can talk about this pic of an Israeli Special Ops soldier packing quite the sub-gun setup!:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1072188937869770752

Once again, this is an entirely open exercise, so let's get after it.

Welcome to Bunker Talk!

*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.

### Author social links  
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