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Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

It's cold outside but the bunker is toasty warm!

Russia

Ukrainian M1 Abrams Commander Talks Tank’s Major Vulnerabilities, Advantages In Combat

The M1 commander highlighted glaring issues with the M1 that make it vulnerable on a drone drenched battlefield, while also praising its resilience.

Flankers

Russia’s Belbek Air Base In Crimea Is Getting Hardened Aircraft Shelters

Satellite imagery shows major construction underway at Russia's air base just outside of Sevastopol.

F-35A

F-35B And F-35C Use Different 25mm Gun Pods Unique To Each Variant

The fact that the F-35B and F-35C cannot use the same gun pods underscores the substantial differences between all three main F-35 variants.

Russia

Russia Pummels Kyiv In Retaliation For ATACMS, Storm Shadow Strikes On Its Soil

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia vowed revenge earlier this week after a key fuel production site in the Rostov region was struck.

F/A-18A-D

Spanish Typhoon Buy Signals Upward Trend For Eurofighter

Spain is the latest nation to buy more Typhoon fighters, as new weapons and capabilities for it prepare to come online.

Force Design 2030

Marine-Moving Medium Landing Ship Critical To China Fight Put On Hold Again By Navy

The Marines say they really need a Medium Landing Ship for a future conflict in the Pacific, but Navy requirements have ballooned its costs.

F-22

Syria’s Air Defenses Helped Make The F-22A Raptor A Reality

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recalled how the F-22's cost was justified during the dawn of the post-Cold War era.

F-14

Iranian F-14 Tomcat Encounter At An Airshow Unlike Any Other

A single F-14 took center stage at an airshow on the island of Kish, in the Persian Gulf, with the Tomcat's days in Iranian service likely numbered.

U.S. Air Force

Drone Flights Banned Over New Jersey Energy Infrastructure Sites

The threat to power infrastructure from drones has grown in recent years but little action has been taken to mitigate it.

Syria

Putin Claims No Final Decision Yet On Russia’s Bases In Syria Despite Withdrawals

The Russian president also downplayed how big of a deal losing its Syrian bases is after the fall of dictator Bashar Al Assad.

F-15

Israeli Air Force Strikes Yemen With Popeye And Rampage Standoff Missiles

One of Israel's oldest and newest standoff missiles appears to have been at the forefront of a new round of IAF long-range airstrikes targeting the Houthis.

C-130

Navy’s Future E-130J TACAMO ‘Doomsday Plane’ Seen In New Rendering

The Navy has awarded a nearly $3.5B contract to Northrop Grumman to lead the work on crafting its next 'Doomsday planes.'

China

Pentagon Warns Of China’s Increasing Capacity To Project Naval Power Far From Home

Increasingly advanced warships, new basing, and a massive shipbuilding industry are giving China's navy the ability to conduct ambitious, longer-range operations.

C-17

New Jersey Base Confirms Multiple Past Drone Incursions… By Contraband Smugglers

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has provided details of how it has dealt with persistent drone problems involving contraband smuggling.

Gripen

These Are Saab’s Concepts For Its Next Generation Fighter, Drones

Saab is hoping to draw upon “common DNA” to develop a family of crewed and uncrewed future combat aircraft.

H-20

China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Unlikely To ‘Debut’ Until 2030s, According To U.S. Intel

China also continues to pursue a smaller regional stealth bomber aircraft in parallel to the H-20 program.

North Korea

Pentagon’s Assessment Of North Koreans Fighting In Kursk, Rate At Which Ukraine Is Losing Ground

Top Pentagon officials offered their latest insights into the state of the conflict and how the U.S. will help fund it until Trump takes office.

U.S. Navy

Navy’s Cruiser Modernization A Lesson In How Not To Run Such A Program: GAO Report

For the cost of adding relatively short extra service life to its three modernized cruisers, the Navy could have nearly bought two brand-new destroyers.

Syria

Satellite Imagery Shows Ramp-Up In Russian Forces Massing At Bases In Syria For Withdrawal

Russia appears to be accelerating its pull-out of forces and materiel from Syria with the final fate of critical bases still in question.