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

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

We can talk about youthful retiree Littoral Combat Ships, the B-1B's twilight years, geopolitics, wacky eVTOL drones—you know, no big whoop.

B-1B Bombers Can No Longer Fly At Low-Level And Their Annual Flight Hours Have Been Restricted
B-1

B-1B Bombers Can No Longer Fly At Low-Level And Their Annual Flight Hours Have Been Restricted

The B-1 was never designed for perpetual combat operations and it hasn't aged gracefully. Now major limits are being put on how and when they fly.

This Is How The Air Force Gets Its New Survival Rifle To Fit Under An Ejection Seat
U.S. Air Force

This Is How The Air Force Gets Its New Survival Rifle To Fit Under An Ejection Seat

The Air Force has fielded 2,700 of the guns, which give fighter jet and bomber pilots extra firepower if they have to bail out over hostile territory.

This Big Crazy Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone Belongs To Toyota And May Run On Hydrogen
Unmanned

This Big Crazy Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone Belongs To Toyota And May Run On Hydrogen

The exotic and somewhat mysterious unmanned aircraft was spotted undergoing testing at Mojave Air And Space Port in California.

America’s Elite Special Operators Want A Huge Mock Enemy Bunker Complex To Train In
U.S. Homeland

America’s Elite Special Operators Want A Huge Mock Enemy Bunker Complex To Train In

The Pentagon says there's no other "feasible option" to ensure Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 can adequately train to raid these kinds of hardened sites.

China’s Y-20 Airlifters Make Crisis Debut Bringing Medics And Cargo To Virus Plagued Wuhan
China

China’s Y-20 Airlifters Make Crisis Debut Bringing Medics And Cargo To Virus Plagued Wuhan

Other aircraft took part in the operation, as well, which makes a notable surge in the Chinese military's involvement in the response to the epidemic.

Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes
U-2

Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes

U-2s are notoriously challenging to land under the best conditions. A loss of key mechanical systems would make doing so even more complicated.

The Claim That A New Cambodian Airfield Is Actually A Chinese Base Is Dubious At Best
China

The Claim That A New Cambodian Airfield Is Actually A Chinese Base Is Dubious At Best

A widely circulated report concludes that a new airfield near a luxury resort is a Chinese outpost, but the evidence is far from conclusive.

Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)
Syria

Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)

Russian troops were also present at the time, underscoring just how complex things are for American forces in the country.

A Swedish Air Force Gripen Fighter Jet Just Literally Bombed A Forest Fire
Northern Europe

A Swedish Air Force Gripen Fighter Jet Just Literally Bombed A Forest Fire

Officials decided to try this approach to help contain a fire spreading at a military training range that is threatening nearby communities.

Help Us Decipher This Terrifying Video Of A Suicide Drone Flying Up An Armored Vehicle’s Ramp (Updated)
Loitering Munitions

Help Us Decipher This Terrifying Video Of A Suicide Drone Flying Up An Armored Vehicle’s Ramp (Updated)

The dramatic video may serve as yet another warning of America's glaring short-range air defense gap and the threat that low-end enemy drones pose.

The USS Seawolf (SSN-575), one of three Navy "hunter killer" submarines.
Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSNs)

The Navy Wants Money To Get Started On Its Future SSN(X) Attack Submarine

The Navy's goal is to design a submarine that is better-optimized for attacking other ships and subs than its existing Virginia class boats.

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money
Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money

The Air Force will focus on a different hypersonic weapon, using a more complex boost-glide vehicle for its warhead, for its B-52 bombers.

The Navy Now Wants To Retire The First Four Of Its Troublesome Littoral Combat Ships
U.S. Navy

The Navy Now Wants To Retire The First Four Of Its Troublesome Littoral Combat Ships

These are exceptionally young ships to be pulled from service, underlining just how problematic and useless they truly are.

New Pentagon Map Shows Huge Scale Of Worrisome Russian and Chinese Naval Operations
China

New Pentagon Map Shows Huge Scale Of Worrisome Russian and Chinese Naval Operations

This is our first good look at the kind of activity, especially off the East Coast of the United States, that the US military has been warning about.

Iran Touts Big Ballistic Missile And Lightweight Solid Fuel Rocket Motor Leaps
Iran

Iran Touts Big Ballistic Missile And Lightweight Solid Fuel Rocket Motor Leaps

The technology could lead to new and improved ballistic missile designs with greater reliability, flexibility, and added range.

No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs
U.S. Homeland

No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs

If personnel in a missile alert facility are incapacitated for some reason during a crisis, it doesn't mean that the missiles launch automatically.

Gutsy Guatemalan Air Force Pilot Deserves A Raise For Flying Out This Stranded Narco Jet
South America

Gutsy Guatemalan Air Force Pilot Deserves A Raise For Flying Out This Stranded Narco Jet

The crazy departure is just part of the story. This is the third time the bogus registration N818LD has been found on Hawker 125 narco-jets.

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

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

We can talk about automatic doomsday machines, retiring the B-1B, geopolitics, WWI-era weapons still on the modern battlefield—you know, no big whoop.

Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit
Iran

Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit

Iran's nascent space launch program is very real, but you might not know it from the absurd propaganda about its purported manned spaceflight plans.