The Bunker

This week in The Bunker: the Pentagon rolls out a “naughty list” of defense contractors with two key elements missing; the military’s security clearance process is busted; what’s up with those U.S. tanks bound for Ukraine; and more.

This week in The Bunker: the U.S. Navy has a costly problem with fires aboard warships while under repair; the Pentagon seeks congressional OK to begin developing weapons on its own; treating leaks as gospel; and more.

This week in The Bunker: The illegal posting of hundreds of top-secret Pentagon documents says just as much about a creaky U.S. intelligence network as it does about Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira; and more.

This week in The Bunker: Political blather about war with China over Taiwan is dangerous bluster well beyond the public’s current mood; baby steps in the right direction when it comes to war and weapons; Pentagon data MIA; and more.

This week in The Bunker: even for the Pentagon’s typically botched-up acquisition system, it has been a rough week: an underpowered engine; the Navy runs aground; a hypersonic crash; and more.

This week in The Bunker: linking the Iraq invasion, which began 20 years ago this week, with the Pentagon’s ignorance of how many weapons it needs to fight; and more. (Housekeeping note: The Bunker’s taking next week off.)

This week in The Bunker: The Pentagon proposes its 2024 budget; declares the death of cheap planes before they take off; announces sexual-assault record among future military leaders; and more.

This week in The Bunker: How the U.S. push to junk Afghanistan’s Russian helicopters in favor of complicated U.S. aircraft mirrored the 20-year fiasco that was the Afghan war, a White House green light for hypersonic weapons, and more.

This week in The Bunker: A deep dive into why the Navy, eager to find a mission for its fleet of $8 billion destroyers, is scrapping a costly gun for an even costlier hypersonic missile.

This week in The Bunker: the Pentagon’s preoccupation with fools-gold-plated warplanes means we end up with costly weapons that can’t fly as often; Navy recruiting woes; a grim invasion anniversary; and more.

This week in The Bunker: a warning that artificial intelligence could lead to nuclear war pushes The Bunker to relinquish its keyboard to a robot (for the most part), to see what impact AI can have on more mundane pursuits; and more.

This week in The Bunker: that Chinese balloon poses a bigger threat to U.S. taxpayer wallets than U.S. national security; the Pentagon creates a new outfit to better run itself; and more.