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Bunker Talk

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

We can talk about mission-ready Super Hornets, Chinese flattops, geopolitics, obscure warship sensors—you know, no big whoop.

China

China Leaks Video Of Mysterious Ground-Launched Missile

What one can see in a brief video clip suggests that it could be a very-high-speed, long-range weapon.

Russia

Watch Russia’s S-70 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Fly With An Su-57 For The First Time

Russia says one of the primary goals of the program is to be able to operate both of these aircraft together in manned-unmanned teams.

U.S. Homeland

Pentagon May Scrap 35 Million Depleted Uranium Rounds Used By The A-10 Warthog’s Gun

The U.S. Air Force has said it has been considering stopping using the controversial ammunition entirely.

South America

Brazil’s Aircraft Carrier To Be Auctioned Off After Years Of Disappointment

An effort is underway to try to turn the ship into a museum, while the fate of the Brazilian Navy's carrier-based Skyhawk jets is now in question.

U.S. Homeland

U.S. To Spend Hundreds Of Millions To Replace A $5 Part In Revamped Nuclear Weapons

Issues with the commercial capacitors, meant to help save money, have now caused more than a year of new delays for both of these programs.

U.S. Navy

Navy Super Hornets Hit Big 80 Percent Readiness Goal, But Sustaining It Is Another Question (Updated)

Air Force F-16s look set to be the only other U.S. fighter jets to reach this goal, which former Secretary of Defense Mattis laid out last year.

China

China’s Reported Plan To Deploy Weaponless Stealth Drones On Its Carriers Make Perfect Sense

It's not about the weapons such a drone can carry, it's about the targeting data it can reliably supply to far more powerful and longer-range weapons.

Swarms

Air Force Set To Deploy Its Counter-Drone “Phaser” Microwave Weapon Overseas

The announcement comes as the threat that small unmanned suicide drones pose is front and center after unprecedented attacks in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia

U.S. Destroyer Arrives Off Saudi Arabia Amid Plans To Bolster The Kingdom’s Air Defenses

The United States has also called on other nations to contribute to this and other efforts to deter Iranian aggression in the region.

Bunker Talk

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

We can talk about suicide drone strikes, unique F-16 features, geopolitics, five-year fighters—you know, no big whoop.

Afghanistan

CIA Releases Photo Taken Just Before Its Operatives First Entered Afghanistan After 9/11

The image shows armed CIA operatives guarding $3M in cash that is stowed away inside a Russian-built Mi-17 helicopter.

MQ-25

Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray Carrier-Based Tanker Drone Demonstrator Flies For The First Time

The company will be working with this test asset for at least the next two years as it crafts its first full prototypes for the U.S. Navy.

U.S. Air Force

Air Force Says It Will Be Years Before Boeing’s Faulty New Tankers Are Fully Operational

Problems with the boom operator's vision system and the boom itself persist and a recently disclosed issue prevents the aircraft from carrying cargo.

Iraq

Here’s All The New Info You Need To Know In The Aftermath Of The Saudi Oil Facilities Attacks

The Saudis say their evidence shows Iran sponsored the strikes and that they did not originate in Yemen, but stopped short of blaming any group.

U.S. Homeland

Is Raytheon’s Pint-Sized Peregrine The Air-To-Air Missile The Pentagon Has Been Waiting For?

The new missile would give fighter jets more magazine depth, which is especially valuable for stealth fighters that carry their weapons internally.

U.S. Homeland

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Is Getting An F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Jet

The stealth attack plane will join other aircraft at the museum, including a VC-137C Air Force One jet, F-14 Tomcat, and a VH-3 Marine One helicopter.

U.S. Homeland

Pentagon Orders Sudden Deployment Drill Of Unprecedented Size For Its Sealift Ships

Dozens of reserve logistics ships are getting ready to sail amid concerns about the readiness of these vital support fleets during a major conflict.

F-35

Here’s The Air Force’s Questionably Ambitious Plan To Develop New Fighters In Five Years

The service says it can outpace potential enemies by producing multiple short runs of fighters in tiny periods of time.

Saudi Arabia

Everything You Need To Know About The Attacks On Saudi Arabia’s Oil Facilities (Updated)

The U.S. has disputed Yemeni rebels' claims that they were responsible, while the Saudis also say the strikes originated outside Yemen.