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

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

We can talk about F-35 aggressors, Tomcat tales, geopolitics, ninja bombs—you know, no big whoop.

USAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival Kits
U.S. Air Force

USAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival Kits

The rifles break in half and have other special features so they can fit inside the survival kit underneath a pilot's ejection seats.

Fully Armed F-15Cs Have Arrived In The Middle East Amid Accusations Of Iranian Threats (Updated)
Iran

Fully Armed F-15Cs Have Arrived In The Middle East Amid Accusations Of Iranian Threats (Updated)

The fighter jets join other F-15s, as well as B-52s and F-35s, already in the Middle East and the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group will soon arrive, too.

U.S. Navy Has Stopped Looking For Japan’s Crashed F-35 That Remains Largely Unrecovered
U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Has Stopped Looking For Japan’s Crashed F-35 That Remains Largely Unrecovered

Japan says the American salvage team helped recover parts of the jet and that it will continue the search for the rest of the aircraft and its pilot.

F-35 Aggressor Squadron To Be Activated At Nellis Air Force Base (Updated)
F-35

F-35 Aggressor Squadron To Be Activated At Nellis Air Force Base (Updated)

The F-35 will bring revolutionary and badly needed capabilities to the aggressor mission.

Secret Hellfire Missile With Sword-Like Blades Made Mysterious Strike On Terror Leader In Syria
Syria

Secret Hellfire Missile With Sword-Like Blades Made Mysterious Strike On Terror Leader In Syria

We were first to question the weapon used in the bizarre strike and now we know it has been used to strike high-value targets in five countries.

News Of Sanction Busting North Korean Cargo Ship Seized As Kim Fires More Missiles (Updated)
North Korea

News Of Sanction Busting North Korean Cargo Ship Seized As Kim Fires More Missiles (Updated)

The seizure of the ship is unprecedented and both events together underscore a major uptick in tensions between the United States and North Korea.

Royal Navy Sub Appears In Gibraltar Equipped With A Wake Detection System
Royal Navy

Royal Navy Sub Appears In Gibraltar Equipped With A Wake Detection System

This non-acoustic sensor could supplement the boat's sonar when hunting for especially quiet enemy submarines.

Canada’s CF-18 Replacement Competition Structure Seems To Have Already Disqualified The F-35
Canada

Canada’s CF-18 Replacement Competition Structure Seems To Have Already Disqualified The F-35

The country's requirements for its new fighter jet competition are at odds with its existing obligations to the Joint Strike Fighter program.

USMC’s CH-53K King Stallion’s Woes Have Put It In A Duel With The CH-47 Chinook
U.S. Marine Corps

USMC’s CH-53K King Stallion’s Woes Have Put It In A Duel With The CH-47 Chinook

Congress has ordered the Pentagon to examine any potential alternatives as the CH-53K program's schedule continues to slip.

Canadian Auditors Slam Surplus Aussie Hornet Buy, Describe Fighter Force In Collapse
Australia

Canadian Auditors Slam Surplus Aussie Hornet Buy, Describe Fighter Force In Collapse

The watchdog says that buying old jets won't make up for a worrying lack pilots and maintainers to support the jets Canada has now.

What The Hell Is Going On With The U.S. And The Supposed New Threat Posed By Iran?
Iran

What The Hell Is Going On With The U.S. And The Supposed New Threat Posed By Iran?

Pompeo bolted to Iraq today as rumors swirled about Iranian missile movements, but two days into this saga we have more questions than answers.

USAF F-35As Will Get Navy’s New Air Defense Busting Missile Amid Talk Of Anti-Ship Variants
U.S. Air Force

USAF F-35As Will Get Navy’s New Air Defense Busting Missile Amid Talk Of Anti-Ship Variants

A new warhead design and modular payload bay could open up even more roles in the future for the new fast-flying missile.

Behold Italy’s FREMM Frigate In U.S. Navy FFG(X) Future Frigate Configuration
Europe

Behold Italy’s FREMM Frigate In U.S. Navy FFG(X) Future Frigate Configuration

The FFG(X) competition is heating up and proven foreign designs are being remodeled into very promising U.S. Navy-specific configurations.

New Lockheed Concept Shows Navy F-35C Armed With Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
U.S. Navy

New Lockheed Concept Shows Navy F-35C Armed With Hypersonic Cruise Missiles

The missile would be a follow-on version of a weapon Lockheed Martin is already developing for the Air Force.

Carrier And Bombers Ordered To Middle East Without Any Details On Supposed Iranian Threat
U.S. Homeland

Carrier And Bombers Ordered To Middle East Without Any Details On Supposed Iranian Threat

The announcement came from National Security Advisor John Bolton in an official statement that lacked any specifics on what caused prompted it.

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

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

We can talk about defecting Balugas, Venezuela on the brink, geopolitics, laser-equipped fighter jets—you know, no big whoop.

North Korea Appears To Be Officially Back In The Missile Test Firing Business
China

North Korea Appears To Be Officially Back In The Missile Test Firing Business

If initial estimates are correct, it is the first over-the-horizon missile firing by North Korea in a year and a half.

Right On Cue, Russia Says It’s Ready To Offer Turkey Su-57 Fighters In Place Of F-35s
Turkey

Right On Cue, Russia Says It’s Ready To Offer Turkey Su-57 Fighters In Place Of F-35s

The Kremlin says a potential deal might include industrial offsets, local production, and even technology transfer.

Historic Northrop Flying Wing Crashed After Doing A “Barrel Roll” According To NTSB (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Historic Northrop Flying Wing Crashed After Doing A “Barrel Roll” According To NTSB (Updated)

The April 22nd crash marked the loss of a beloved pilot and one of the rarest antique flying machines in the world.