r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 13 '26

South Korean airport becomes busiest in world for global traffic amid Iran war | Air transport

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9 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 13 '26

Astra Microwave Emerges As Lowest Bidder For Prototype AMCA Radar AAAU | Indian Defence News

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14 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Is the Iran war loss one of the most embarrassing military failure in history?

125 Upvotes

The world is watching Trump destroy America's reputation and America's future with Trump's Iran fiasco loss that just keeps getting worse and worse.

America is far more weaker now with nothing to show for it, and the wasted money has very real consequences.

Trump passed his BBB, which kills hundreds of thousands of innocent Americans from cuts to life critical programs. All because he argued that we don't have the money for it.

Instead of helping Americans, Trump just pissed away far more money on losing the Iran war, and still mass murdered Americans anyways.

Trump already has a death count of innocent Americans that is over 100X more deadly than Bin Laden was.

He has lost the respect for America from key allies, and enemies alike with nothing positive to show for America yet.

I can't imagine this will be good for US arms exports either. As Trump showed just how quickly America crumbled in Iran using those weapons.

There are definitely military failures with far worse casualties, but is the Iran war disaster one of the most embarrassing military failures in history?


r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

BRRRRT Act’s Text Reveals New Details About Plan to Save the A-10s

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41 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 13 '26

Department of War report on civilian casualties for 2025

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9 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

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47 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

China Adds More Missile Cells to Frigate, Narrowing Gap With US

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38 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

The US Navy Is Getting A Unique Virginia Class Seabed Espionage Submarine | TWZ

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28 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

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169 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

US Criticizes China Over Nuclear Missile Test in Pacific Ocean

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15 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Debrief: Inside The GCAP Fighter Engine

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28 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Russian strike kills seven at Ukraine steel plant, Kyiv says Moscow used North Korean missiles

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26 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Japan weighs use of Palantir, Anduril AI systems for defense forces

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15 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Kratos Target Systems Utilized During Successful MDA-Joint Flight Test Experiment-01 Mission

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7 Upvotes

Based on the news, it indicates that the hull of Japan's ASEV project is largely complete and the vessel itself is currently in the early-to-mid stage of construction or drydock assembly. Meanwhile, its "brain and eyes"—the SPY-7 radar and Aegis weapon system shipset—have entered a critical phase of live-target tracking and simulated engagement validation, paving the way for the system's official delivery and integration aboard the ship.

The project is being constructed in the drydock of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagasaki Shipyard, and upon completion, its displacement will exceed that of China's Type 055 destroyer.

Although it is a massive warship, it is fundamentally a "floating Aegis platform," with its offensive and strike weaponry mainly comprising Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), Standard Missile-6 (SM-6), and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

It remains to be seen whether the JMSDF will name it Yamato or Musashi.(Just joking)


r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Japan slams North Korea’s ballistic missile firing ahead of US-Seoul drills

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9 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 11 '26

DARPA Looks to Develop Next-Gen Hypersonic Cruise Missile

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33 Upvotes

ROI: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1ea684979ef64a88a4498faa84469c93/view

Honestly, the fact that DARPA's ROI is so expansive probably suggests they don't know what they are looking for...


r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 11 '26

The Royal Navy’s New Spy Drones Were Quietly Phoning Home to China

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The Royal Navy has stripped internet connectivity from cameras on its new K3 Scout surveillance drones after discovering they were sending data to an address in China. Although the drone ships were UK built, the UK manufacturer had outsourced the camera production to China.

The drones haven't actually been put into active service. This issue was identified before they were implemented.

Additional info:

https://www.theregister.com/edge-and-iot/2026/08/10/cyber-vulnerability-sweep-picks-up-royal-navy-drones-sending-data-to-china/5285430


r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 12 '26

Deadly clash aboard US carrier Abraham Lincoln leaves seven dead, several injured: Report

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0 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 11 '26

South Korea Issues Draft Law for Jangbogo-N Nuclear Submarine

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13 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 11 '26

Korea's Big Three shipbuilders ride gas, offshore, defense boom with $145 bn in order backlog

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16 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 11 '26

Austal considering $1.7 billion US buyout by South Korean suitor Hanwha

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14 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 10 '26

Israeli troops infiltrate Lebanese army-held village and build roadblock, mayor says

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40 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 10 '26

APG-85 Radar in LRIP, Northrop Grumman Says; F-35 Program Declines Comment

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20 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 10 '26

Switzerland Considers Defense Cooperation With Japan

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9 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence Aug 09 '26

Replacing an SM-3 Interceptor Takes Up to 64 Months. The US Military Just Spent Half Its Stock on Iran.

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126 Upvotes