Bunker Talk is our weekend open conversation space where readers can weigh in on everything we covered this week, what we did not get to, and anything else on your mind. Consider it an off-topic thread for the community.
Image caption: The interior of the launch control equipment room beneath the Oscar-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, photographed June 18, 2020. Built in 1963 and found eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office in 1998, the site includes a surface Launch Control Support Building and two reinforced, steel-encapsulated underground structures, the Launch Control Center and the Launch Control Equipment Building. The subsurface wings are connected by a tunnel junction and reached by elevator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Bunker Talk community note
Thanks for keeping the discussion thoughtful and on-topic. Share noteworthy developments, questions, and insights from the week, including items we covered and those we did not.
Items we covered and those we did not include developments such as the Lockheed Martin Texas plant expansion that targets a future missile production surge.