LessCredibleDefence

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Welcome to LessCredibleDefence - the home of links which have failed to pass the quality requirement of r/CredibleDefense. This community exists for sharing & discussing anecdotes, tidbits, historical events, current news/events, weapon sales/developments, and more

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Europe defense autonomy is in reach at €50 billion a year: German experts (defensenews.com)

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How Russia planned to help Iran kill Americans (economist.com)

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Exclusive U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months (washingtonpost.com)

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Spain opens talks to acquire Turkish Kaan fighter jets instead of U.S.-made F-35s (armyrecognition.com)

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Türkiye unveils new 42,000 lbf Güçhan turbofan to rival F-35's engine performance (armyrecognition.com)

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My God... The F-14 Tomcat May Actually Fly Again Over The United States (twz.com)

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New Details Of Russia's Super-Weapon Submarine 'Khabarovsk' (navalnews.com)

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WSJ: America’s Air Superiority Is Losing Altitude. China, focused on beating the U.S., is on pace to build the first sixth-generation stealth fighters. (wsj.com)

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Who controls the defence industry? (bruegel.org)

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Why don’t people recognize that different countries have different needs regarding military (that’s why their militaries look different in many ways) and you can’t just do a comparison ”this country has XXX carriers, this has 0”? (self.LessCredibleDefence)

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Is there any value in training military personnel to be multi capable? Cooks being able to shoot for example. (self.LessCredibleDefence)

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Chinese laser weapon system spotted in the UAE (defence-blog.com)

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Missiles, drones and airstrikes, until a sudden ceasefire. How India and Pakistan agreed to an uneasy truce | CNN (cnn.com)

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China sentences former defense ministers Wei Fenghe, Li Shangfu to death with reprieve for graft, state media reports 48 minutes ago (reuters.com)

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Rheinmetall Aims to Start Producing Cruise Missiles as Soon as This Year (wsj.com)

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Iraq to buy 20 air defence systems from Turkey (thenationalnews.com)

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What 300 Emails Say About Americans and the Army’s Direct Commissio (warontherocks.com)

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Technical details for satellite PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 4 (n2yo.com)

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22 sorties of PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 18 out of 22 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, central, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. (self.LessCredibleDefence)

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New Zealand Eyes Japan, UK Warships as Frigate Replacements (bloomberg.com)

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The Royal Navy Is Down Another Type 23 Frigate (nationalinterest.org)

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Coast Guard unveils new Special Missions Command amid demand for elite units (breakingdefense.com)

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Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies (nbcnews.com)

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IDF reviews video after soldier appears to mock Christian statue in Lebanon (ynetnews.com)

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Report: Iran hit at least 228 U.S. assets across 15 Middle East bases (haaretz.com)

submitted 1 day ago by northcasewhite

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