Author: Mark Thompson
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When 100 new B-21 bombers just isn’t enough
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission. Bomber builder losing money … for now When playing Pentagon poker, when is a loss not a loss? When reading the tea leaves convinces you that today’s loss will yield a bigger win tomorrow. You knew this was coming…
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Iron Dumb
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission. ‘Those who forget the past…’ The Bunker watched the Soviet Union’s Sputnik — the first human-made object to orbit the Earth — fly over his Connecticut house in 1957, and grew up witnessing the resulting “space race” (only one…
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The Pentagon continues its sloppy shopping spree
Responsible Statecraft will today begin regularly republishing, with permission, The Bunker, a weekly newsletter written by long-time Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson and produced by the Project on Government Oversight, where this latest edition originally appeared. MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK Assuming you’re not the Pentagon Five years ago, The Bunker splurged and bought himself a…