Bunker Talk: Open thread on this week’s defense topics
August 2, 2026
Bunker Talk invites readers to discuss defense and security stories we did and didn’t cover this week, with clear guidelines for civil debate.
Bunker Talk invites readers to discuss defense and security stories we did and didn’t cover this week, with clear guidelines for civil debate.
NASCAR has filed a trademark infringement suit under the Lanham Act against unidentified sellers accused of hawking counterfeit merchandise through fake online storefronts.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has imaged a vast honeycomb-like field of polygonal fractures in Valle Grande, a find that could illuminate Martian geologic and watery past.
ABBA’s “The Winner Takes It All” debuts at No. 198 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., giving the group its sixth entry and first since early 2026.
Micropep has submitted regulatory filings in the US and EU for Promisin, its peptide-driven biofungicide, moving the product toward commercialization.
Laila AnnMarie Stevens documents her family’s reverse migration from New York to North Carolina, exploring lineage, care and place across generations.
Relay shocks, track titles and a chaotic cycling crash headline Commonwealth Games 2026 as Jamaica, Australia, England and Kenya share the spoils across Glasgow.
An unidentified soldier known as X-3 was exhumed in Sitka, Alaska, as the Pentagon seeks to identify the WWII airman through DNA and dental analysis.
A Sri Lankan court sentenced a former police chief and an ex-defence secretary to death for negligence linked to the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. Both plan to appeal.
The Space Force launched a $981 million, five-year contract pool to accelerate simulators and infrastructure for Guardian training, according to Space Systems Command.
A rare total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 will cross Spain, Iceland and Greenland, with partial views across Europe, Africa and North America.
See the U.S. through maps without state boundaries. Biomes, ancient seas, migrations, mountain habitats and watersheds show how nature links places and people.