The Bunker

This week in The Bunker: defense contractors have gotten too big to defend the nation; Pentagon weapons spend an entire decade in development before being fielded; a general faces court martial; and more. 

This week in The Bunker: the Pentagon peanut gallery quakes when a top official doesn’t commit to a new jet fighter; a pair of Army officers say what we’ve been saying for decades; the House whiffs on defense bill; and more. 

This week in The Bunker: how wrong decisions led to the loss of a $35 million jet fighter; Big Defense Contractors support congressional Big Liars; the Gaza pier’s lesson; and more.

This week in The Bunker: As defense spending approaches a trillion dollars annually, it’s more important than ever to track spending accurately; Congress greases the skids for a draft; believe it or not, the Navy is screwing up another ship program; and more.

This week in The Bunker: What the latest grim news about the V-22 tiltrotor and the F-35 fighter tells us about how the Pentagon dreams up, develops, and deploys weapons; someone finally is getting serious about a dedicated drone carrier; and more. We’re off next week, returning June 5.

This week in The Bunker: The Pentagon apparently is opting to command future nuclear wars from safely inside used commercial airliners; the Department of Veterans Affairs’ selfish self-inflicted scandal; the nuclear arms race continues atom infinitum; and more.

This week in The Bunker: technology is letting little powers strike big ones and forcing the Goliaths to respond; the math that plays a major role in rising weapons costs; F-35 fables; and more. 

This week in The Bunker: talk about waste — this year the U.S. is slated to spend more on interest for the national debt than on its military; the Pentagon is perfecting warplanes flown by artificial intelligence; a brave but unsung Pentagon intel official punctures talk of China’s newest bomber; and more.

This week in The Bunker: Independent U.S. government experts reveal bad news about two major Pentagon programs. They highlight a big problem when it comes to getting more bang for the buck: the Military-Insular Complex; and more. 

This week in The Bunker: The amorphous elixir that fuels defense spending; the amorphous crowd that puts its pedal to the metal to make it happen; the latest non-amorphous cry for more, more, more; and, of course, more. 

This week in The Bunker: The Defense Department has rules to vet the financial health of its contractors, but they’re too often ignored; Navy acknowledges its key ship-building programs are behind schedule; one reason the military’s sexual harassment numbers look as low as they do; and more.

This week in The Bunker: The collapse of that Baltimore bridge raises questions about technological hubris, like the Navy’s continuing fetish to build massive aircraft carriers that still launch humans into harm’s way; and more.