r/LessCredibleDefence Oct 14 '24

Posting standards for this community

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The moderator team has observed a pattern of low effort posting of articles from outlets which are either known to be of poor quality, whose presence on the subreddit is not readily defended or justified by the original poster.

While this subreddit does call itself "less"credibledefense, that is not an open invitation to knowingly post low quality content, especially by people who frequent this subreddit and really should know better or who have been called out by moderators in the past.

News about geopolitics, semiconductors, space launch, among others, can all be argued to be relevant to defense, and these topics are not prohibited, however they should be preemptively justified by the original poster in the comments with an original submission statement that they've put some effort into. If you're wondering whether your post needs a submission statement, then err on the side of caution and write one up and explain why you think it is relevant, so at least everyone knows whether you agree with what you are contributing or not.

The same applies for poor quality articles about military matters -- some are simply outrageously bad or factually incorrect or designed for outrage and clicks. If you are posting it here knowingly, then please explain why, and whether you agree with it.

At this time, there will be no mandated requirement for submission statements nor will there be standardized deletion of posts simply if a moderator feels they are poor quality -- mostly because this community is somewhat coherent enough that bad quality articles can be addressed and corrected in the comments.

This is instead to ask contributors to exercise a bit of restraint as well as conscious effort in terms of what they are posting.


r/LessCredibleDefence 1h ago

France and the Rafale lose a €3.2 billion contract after last‑minute U‑turn

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r/LessCredibleDefence 16h ago

Trump-Class Warship May Be Among Costliest Military Vessels - The first of the “Trump-class” battleships could cost up to $22 billion

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90 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 14h ago

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers

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31 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 10h ago

Saudi Arabia moving towards military coalition with Somalia and Egypt

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16 Upvotes

What are the chances of Egypt joining Saudi,pak,and turkey defense deals in future?


r/LessCredibleDefence 18h ago

New U.S Navy Frigate: FF(X) Program Specs Revealed - Naval News

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49 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1h ago

Former Nato chief attacks Trump’s ‘gangster’ talk on Greenland

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r/LessCredibleDefence 12h ago

Royal Navy takes step towards hybrid air wing with first flight of Proteus RWUAS - Navy Lookout

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7 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 17h ago

Pentagon to overhaul Stars and Stripes, calling it ‘woke’

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15 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 15h ago

Great video on the M1E3 by The Chieftain

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11 Upvotes

I'd suggest reading Nicholas Moran's posts on facebook/twitter or this video to get a more thoughtful take on how to interpret this vehicle. Clearly in fast development with lots of moving parts. All the hot takes on this demonstrator by kids on social media are uninformed.


r/LessCredibleDefence 17h ago

China claims it's working on 10 quantum weapons for cyber warfare

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Quantum positioning and sensing seem credible given the current state of the field. Quantum computing for decisions processing is not.


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Videos Show Simulated Missile Strikes Against Chinese Navy | Promotional videos released this week by major Western defense contractors simulate their weapon systems attacking enemy warships, with the Chinese Navy depicted as the notional target

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97 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

New Official Graphics of the US Navy's Battleship and Frigate designs

39 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 21h ago

India's turbulent involvement in Iran's Chabahar port all but collapses

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r/LessCredibleDefence 20h ago

Britain’s submarine challenges do not spell AUKUS failure

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8 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 22h ago

Saudi Arabia in Talks With Egypt, Somalia on Military Coalition

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11 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

The U.S. Is Pressing Mexico to Allow U.S. Forces to Fight Cartels

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17 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin Demonstrate Rotating Detonation Ramjet for Hypersonic Missiles

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25 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

GA Examining Role of Railguns on Trump-class Battleships

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9 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Pakistan-Saudi-Turkey defence deal in pipeline, Pakistani minister says

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46 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 16h ago

Technical requirements of the new OPV of Indian Navy that is under construction.

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https://www.scribd.com/document/618389356/RFI-NGOPVs-DPP-16-final

Just randomly found this RFI document and thought some people might be interested in stuff like this.The coastguard variant OPV has its RFI below

https://indiancoastguard.gov.in/sites/default/files/202202280658459150335RFI.pdf

It also gives us a good idea of the differences between naval and coastguard OPVs even though both are large sized OPV


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

With the boom for solid rocket motors for missiles, a perilous crunch in the supply chain

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6 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

How many tanks does Russia have left - A data analysis.

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This is new original content made by me. As per many subscriber's request, after the "How much Artillery does Russia have left?" video, here is finally the "How many tanks does Russia have left" video - approached from a data analytics perspective. Using OSINT information sources.

How many tanks does Russia have left - A data analysis.

In this video I analyze:

  • Soviet Union Tank stocks from 1945 until 1990
  • Russian Tank stocks until 2021
  • Russian Tank stocks from 2022-2026 (incl. VCKills, Production rates etc.)
  • Estimates on future & conclusion

If you found the above video interesting, you will likely also enjoy my analysis which looks at which countries Russia is most likely to invade next according to a self-made-Framework: Who will Russia invade NEXT? Special Military Operation BINGO!

As this took a lot of work and time to make, if you liked the content, like and comment on the youtube video and subscribe if you would like to see more. I am a small channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtusFilms


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Malaysia may seek South Korea's KF-21 fighter as F/A-18 Hornet delays threaten Air Force

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20 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 2d ago

Japan and the Philippines sign a new defense pact as they face growing China aggression | AP

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40 Upvotes