Bunker Talk: Let's Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn't Cover This Week
We can talk about chasing Soviet missiles in the Cobra Ball, infrared test pods, foreign policy, F-35C expeditionary ops—you know, no big whoop!
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Tyler Rogoway
December 12, 2020
Tyler Rogoway
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Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn't cover. We can also talk about the stuff we did. In other words, it's literally an off-topic thread.
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