The Bunker

The sweet spot in Washington policy fights is when you’re subject to criticism from both the right and left.

This week in The Bunker: plumbing parallels between the Pentagon and The Bunker’s first new car, the Army comes under increasing fire for its Pacific offensive...

This week in The Bunker: the burdens of defending instead of attacking, the Army looks to invade the Pacific, and subs-(not)-to-go, along with a side of nukes-to-go.

This week: Pentagon procurement disasters both aloft and afloat, the quest for an enemy to justify high defense spending, and giving credit where credit is due.

This week: Army popguns, a decline in Americans’ trust in the military, and Congress deep-sixes public reports on warship readiness.

The Pentagon legacy lexicon: from its definition, to one legacy weapon that warrants retirement, to one that doesn’t, to a third that increasingly looks like it has “legacy” written all over it, even before it enters full-scale production.

Grappling with extremists in uniform, peeking at the widening U.S. anti-terror war, and the Air Force’s new tanker finally comes out to play.

After decades of hearing about gold-plated aircraft like the B-2, F-22, and F-35, it’s refreshing to see that the Air Force is banking hard toward a new lower-cost fighter.

This week: The Pentagon’s unjust desserts, naval warfare, more on the cost of sexual assault in the ranks, and the fraying relationship between U.S. civilians and their military.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin picked up on The Bunker’s challenge right away last week.

Tectonic shifts: National defense is a lot more complicated than you might think, as two crises make plain.

Bleak Week: Civilians turnstiling through the Pentagon, Congress MIA when it comes to combat, the “arsenal of democracy” is running on fumes, and two Air Force pilots run out of sky.