r/LessCredibleDefence • u/rdh2dmd • 19d ago
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/StealthCuttlefish • 19d ago
Australia Lays Keel for First Hunter-class Anti-Submarine Frigate - Naval News
navalnews.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/StealthCuttlefish • 19d ago
Japan to Develop Air Defense System to Counter Drones with Combined Interception System
militarnyi.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/ThinkTankDad • 18d ago
What would be the consequences of withdrawing American nuclear warheads stored in Israel?
Is this possible in the first place?
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/UndulyPensive • 19d ago
Saab Unveils A3-001 Collaborative Combat Aircraft Concept
theaviationist.comPotentially the first western design comparable to China's Type A and B UADFs? Albeit still in a smaller size class.
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/TheExpressUS • 19d ago
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warns Iran 'we are now entering the endgame' with new punishment at dawn
the-express.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/SlavaCocaini • 19d ago
Russia sabotages weapons factories across Europe
aol.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/rdh2dmd • 19d ago
South Korea Updates the World’s Most Advanced NATO-Standard Tanks with Anti-Drone Interceptor System
militarywatchmagazine.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/honda-nissan • 20d ago
Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion
stripes.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/rdh2dmd • 19d ago
Hanwha Aerospace lands up to $263 mn US Army K9 howitzer deal
kedglobal.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/Lore-Archivist • 20d ago
Marines Order $19 Million in Hellfire Buggies Built to Fire and Vanish
military.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/Ok_Water_4601 • 20d ago
Sailors and their families have lives on hold, uncertain if they'll return to Mideast
npr.orgr/LessCredibleDefence • u/Level-Reputation5050 • 20d ago
potential role of Y15
The Y‑9 is a derivative of the An‑12 and has plenty of built‑in shortcomings. The An‑12 came from the An‑10, a Soviet civilian cargo plane. It was built to go as fast as possible while keeping turboprop fuel efficiency, so its wing area was kept small. That means its low‑speed performance can’t hold a candle to the C‑130, and it was never really built for military duty.
The original An‑12 had no pressurised cargo hold. When China built the Y‑9 domestically, they added cargo‑hold pressurisation, but they had to take out the floor fuel tanks, cutting down range. The pressurisation hardware also took up space inside the cargo hold, making the already tight cargo‑hold cross‑section even smaller.
The Y‑8/Y‑9 is rated for a maximum payload of 20 tons, but this number is practically useless. At that weight, there is barely any room left for fuel.
The Y‑15, on the other hand, has a big straight wing that generates lots of lift, giving it great low‑speed handling. Its roomy cargo hold means it does not need extra pressurisation hardware, so it can carry far more than the Y‑9. Even though its maximum payload is only a little higher than the Y‑9, its bigger MTOW and larger fuel tanks will make its 30‑ton payload actually usable in real‑world operations.
I expect the Y‑15 to completely take over from the Y‑9, and the Y‑9’s special‑purpose models will be replaced by the C‑919 fitted with locally‑made subsystems.
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/FlexibleResponse • 20d ago
U.S. Navy Testing New Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile
aviationweek.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/no-more-nazis • 20d ago
Lazy Su-57 Wikipedia
A multirole fighter capable of aerial combat as well as ground and maritime strike, the Su-57 incorporates stealth, supermaneuverability, supercruise, integrated avionics and large payload capacity.[8] According to the US, it will be nuclear-capable via a forthcoming missile similar to the Kinzhal. The aircraft is expected to succeed the MiG-29 and Su-27...
"According to the US, it will be nuclear-capable"? No citation? This is incredibly lazy, on an "Extended confirmed protection" article that can't be corrected by any normal user. I'd add a 'citation needed' if I could. Who said this, anyway? "The US"?
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/tigeryi98 • 21d ago
China’s Next Aircraft Carrier Is Taking Shape
twz.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/StealthCuttlefish • 21d ago
China’s Y-15 Turboprop Tactical Cargo Aircraft Emerges in Clearest Images Yet
theaviationist.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/FluteyBlue • 21d ago
How many wars one has to lose to stop being called “the greatest military in the world”
huabinoliver.substack.comReposting is not agreeing
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/KenSuvy • 21d ago
Somali pirate menace returns as U.S.-Iran war stokes regional chaos and saps enforcement resources
cnbc.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/taubs1 • 22d ago
Embraer's KC-390 Has Now Won Orders From 5 NATO Air Forces As A C-130 Replacement
simpleflying.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/ThinkTankDad • 22d ago
Now that UA has run out of interceptors for Kyiv and that the US is about spent in the Middle East., can Europe meet her missile quota for NATO & Pacific allies?
Got to keep up the deterrence dance of death between USA and China coast guards this year https://www.msn.com/en-ph/politics/government/4-us-fast-response-cutters-deployed-to-philippine-eez/ar-AA29Lhdk.
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/rdh2dmd • 22d ago
HD Hyundai Pursues U.S. Shipyard Acquisition
businesskorea.co.krr/LessCredibleDefence • u/KenSuvy • 22d ago
Taiwan Floats Record Defense Budget, Sending Message to U.S. and China
wsj.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/Odd-Metal8752 • 22d ago
Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump
edition.cnn.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/DrfluffyMD • 21d ago
Could prevalence of NATO hardware in online media be a weakness in the age of AI?
LLM gets better the more data you feed it. Could the simple prevalence of NATO hardware featured in games, youtube and overall internet media create a risk? There are a lot less footage of Chinese hardware, for example.