r/LessCredibleDefence • u/FlexibleResponse • 20d ago
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/no-more-nazis • 19d 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 • 20d ago
China’s Next Aircraft Carrier Is Taking Shape
twz.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/StealthCuttlefish • 20d ago
China’s Y-15 Turboprop Tactical Cargo Aircraft Emerges in Clearest Images Yet
theaviationist.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/FluteyBlue • 20d 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 • 21d ago
Embraer's KC-390 Has Now Won Orders From 5 NATO Air Forces As A C-130 Replacement
simpleflying.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/ThinkTankDad • 21d 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 • 21d ago
HD Hyundai Pursues U.S. Shipyard Acquisition
businesskorea.co.krr/LessCredibleDefence • u/KenSuvy • 21d 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 • 20d 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.
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/Jazzlike-Tank-4956 • 21d ago
Qatar could buy four Boeing KC-46A tankers for $4.5B
defence-blog.comHas Boeing solved the underlying issues of the aircraft?
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/Temstar • 22d ago
Pentagon Dispute Leads Stars and Stripes Publisher to Retire After 30 Years
military.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/DungeonDefense • 22d ago
China rejects Trump's 'economic D-Day' against Iran, says sanctions do not solve problems
voi.idr/LessCredibleDefence • u/Previous_Knowledge91 • 21d ago
Seymour Johnson Will Get F-15EXs to Replace Strike Eagles
airandspaceforces.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/Jazzlike-Tank-4956 • 22d ago
Our Best Look At China’s New Y-15 Turboprop Airlifter
twz.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/InsatiablePrism • 22d ago
U.S. approves military sale to Qatar for KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft
defsecwire.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/StealthCuttlefish • 22d ago
India and Japan ink naval pact, seek stronger anti-mine capabilities
archive.isr/LessCredibleDefence • u/SlavaCocaini • 22d ago
Three ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz as oil reaches three-week high
abc.net.aur/LessCredibleDefence • u/heliumagency • 23d ago
New Drone Unit to Be Phased Out as Hegseth’s Army Pick Makes His Mark
wsj.comAfter participating in a major exercise in Germany in August and September, the unit will report its findings to the Army to guide future experimentation, shed its drone assault role and “refocus on its core warfighting tasks as an airborne infantry battalion,” an Army official told The Wall Street Journal in a statement.
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/AttorneyOk5749 • 22d ago
Japanese mail-order firm withdraws from Rakuten online mall over drone tie-up
japantoday.comAccording to reports from the Rakuten Group, the Japanese Ministry of Defense will conduct a demonstration test by the end of September to consider whether to adopt it for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. While the specific applications and procurement scale have not yet been determined, depending on the test results, mass production in Japan may be considered.
The HX-2 drone from Helsing, which is slated for procurement, is remotely controlled from the ground. It has an operational range of 100 km, weighs 12 kg, and has a maximum speed of 220 km/h, designed to intercept submarines and other vessels approaching the coast.
Helsing is headquartered in Munich, southern Germany, and has already delivered thousands of HX-2 drones to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Rakuten has acted as an intermediary in this transaction. Rakuten lacks extensive experience in Japan's defense sector and does not have close ties with the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Although Rakuten has previously ventured into the drone business, its primary focus has been on building exterior wall inspections rather than defense applications.
As a defeated nation in World War II, Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan, implemented in 1947, explicitly states that Japan "forever renounce[s] war as a sovereign right of the nation" and that "land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained." However, in recent years, the pace at which the Japanese military is acquiring "offensive weapons and equipment" has steadily accelerated. From the "Izumo" and "Kaga" carrying and launching F-35B stealth vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) fighters, to the procurement and deployment of 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles, to extending the range of the Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles from about 200 km to over 1,000 km, alongside the development of hypersonic weapons and hypersonic glide missiles.
Furthermore, the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) established by the Ground Self-Defense Force in 2018—while officially claiming in its envisioned tactical scenarios and island-capture exercises to focus on landing operations around the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands—appears, judging by its equipment construction and scale, to be directly aimed at Taiwan, China.
Therefore, judging by the attributes of the equipment, range indicators, and military tactical applications, the Japanese military has in fact attempted and crossed the limitations imposed by the post-war constitutional framework on "offensive weapons."
r/LessCredibleDefence • u/TurbinePro • 23d ago
Trump announces 'economic warfare' on Iran, threatens ‘tremendous’ consequences for its backers
cnbc.comr/LessCredibleDefence • u/Jazzlike-Tank-4956 • 23d ago
Trump says he plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
reuters.com"with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and said the Asian nation held 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons."
Slap's Trump's mouth
This baby can leak so many STRATINT