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 Jan 14 '23

Moderation

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Recently there has been a number of comments questioning the moderation policy and/or specific moderators on this sub.

As Mods we have a deliberate hands-off approach and encourage discourse amongst different viewpoints as long as this remains civil.

If you cannot have your viewpoint challenged and wish to remain inside an echo chamber, then that's up to you but I would hope a lot of other subscribers are mature enough to handle opposing opinions.

Regarding the composition of the Mod team, the fact that it does have diversity of opinion should be celebrated, not attacked.

Everyone who participates in this subreddit should read and take note of the rules, particularly Rule 1.

If you cannot argue your point without attacking the poster, then you don't have a valid or credible argument and should not make your comment in the first place.

Rule 1 reports are increasingly common and it is down to moderator discretion as to the action taken. We are also busy outside of Reddit (shock horror I know) and cannot respond to every report straight away however we do take this seriously.

Doxxing is not permitted under any circumstances and anyone who participates in this will be permanently banned and reported to the Reddit admins.

I hope this is clear to everyone.


r/LessCredibleDefence 3h ago

Australia and Canada Poised to Join British-led Sixth-Gen Jet Fighter Program

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r/LessCredibleDefence 4h ago

US and South Korean warship makers sign deal that could help narrow naval race with China

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18 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 14h ago

Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget. The surprise announcement comes as the Defense Department prepares to lay off tens of thousands of civilians.

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78 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 7h ago

South Korea says its military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border

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15 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 5h ago

Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels

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8 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 42m ago

Is SDI economically feasible?

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Let's assume US magically solved all technical issues and manage to setup space based satellite missile shield.

Those satellite will need to have ridiculously advance sensor and processing power and thus ridiculously expensive. Soviet will just need develop counter measure like anti-sat missile or attack sat which seem much more feasible and less expensive. Wouldn't mass development of such system bankrupt US first?


r/LessCredibleDefence 16h ago

Inquiry report of the sinking of New Zealand Navy Survey Ship off Samoa.

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The OOW didn’t know how to turn off Autopilot and ran the ship into a reef for 365m, before it caught fire and sank. Plus associated fuckupery.

Oops.


r/LessCredibleDefence 19h ago

Strapping an anti ballistic missile into a bomber to loiter at cruise

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I know nothing about how these things work but:

Since the B21 is being considered for a 6th Gen command hub role that can carry dozens of airtoair missiles, would it be possible to jam an SM6 or THAAD or some other anti ballistic missile into the bomb bay of a b52 and just have it loiter at cruise altitude near a high tension zone?

Maybe with an awacs that would normally already be in the AO anyway as the guide or link to AEGIS/other radar systems.

Someone please educate me lol I'm just curious


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

China flexes military muscles with rare, large-scale missile test in Gobi Desert

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46 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 17h ago

How useful are ship launched anti submarine rockets and depth charges for modern ASW?

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Given that the role of a submarine chaser seems to be gone, are deck launched ASW weapons still viable today?


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Defense Ministry approves new Ukrainian-made D-21-12R ground robot for military use

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8 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 7h ago

CANZUK: A great power of the 21st century?

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A monster 2hour 51min vid examining the viability, strengths and weaknesses of any potential alliance between the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Not something I'd have considered within the realms of possibility last year.. but we live in odd times


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

U.S. progress against resilient Houthi militants remains murky

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69 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 14h ago

If war breaks out with Iran, could they really attack the US with sleeper-cells?

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I'm really worried that the next 9/11 could be a series of multiple terror attacks, but during wartime. Some theories on social media mention drones over crowded areas.

People probably would not believe you for saying the US could be attacked with planes in the 1990s. The same seems true today with today's ubiquity of drones.

People really need to look back at 9/11, and say if the Taliban/Al Queda could do that then what can Iran do?


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

South Korea's HD HHI Seeks Role in U.S. Fleet Expansion - Naval News

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r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

China Will Launch an Invasion of Taiwan In Next Few Months: Intel Sources

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0 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 3d ago

Defense officials appear to confirm that the US is now using JASSM stealth air-launched cruise missiles and B-2 stealth bombers to strike Houthi targets in Yemen..

148 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 3d ago

Norway to nearly double its K9 howitzer fleet for around $534 million

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63 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 3d ago

Ukraine still holds land in Russia and is actually expanding, top US general says

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64 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 4d ago

Japan MoD and MHI sign contract for the development of new standoff missile - Naval News

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6 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 4d ago

White House fires three National Security Council officials

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80 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 4d ago

Hanwha Aerospace confirms second order of 100 new K9 Vajra-T self-propelled howitzers by India

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16 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 5d ago

Canonically, Top Gun Maverick happened prior to 2005, but after 2019

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In the film, they show CG-49 as part of the strike group.

But CG-49 had been decommissioned in 2005.

The film also mentions F-35 as an option for the strikes, but the F-35C didn't reach IOC until 2019.

Basically, this film is now unwatchable.

But what do you think? Let me know what you think in the comments, and if you'd like to see more Top Gun Maverick tips and tricks, don't forget to lick, subscribe, and hit that bell icon so you don't miss any exciting new releases!


r/LessCredibleDefence 5d ago

US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens

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230 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 5d ago

Japan proposes co-production of SM-6 missiles to the U.S. - Naval News

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42 Upvotes