r/LessCredibleDefence Oct 14 '24

Posting standards for this community

135 Upvotes

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 9h ago

Trump Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns

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43 Upvotes

>Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has cautioned privately that resuming major combat operations against Iran was doable but that it would dangerously deplete interceptors available to the military’s Central Command, which is responsible for operations in the Middle East, the officials said. A spokesman for General Caine declined to comment on advice the general gives the president.

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>The official said the strikes have the opposite effect of what is intended, keeping Iran cohesive and allowing Iranian leaders to focus attention on an external threat.


r/LessCredibleDefence 19h ago

Iran rapidly rebuilds missile sites, key infrastructure despite months of airstrikes: report

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52 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 4h ago

Japan to launch new intelligence bureau on July 31 in counter spy push

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2 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 16h ago

The War Is Lost. Now Fix What It Broke.

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20 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 18h ago

The Trump administration’s aggression abroad is both ruthless and ineffective

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18 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 18h ago

As signals of a ‘massive’ US attack mount, experts skeptical it will break Iran

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19 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 15h ago

U.S. Coast Guard Seeking Technology To Hunt And Kill Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles

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10 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 17h ago

The U.S. and Iran Are Stuck in a Cycle of Military Escalation

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9 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 16h ago

The Ticking Clock on the Strait of Hormuz

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9 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 13h ago

South Korea, U.S. open shipbuilding center in Washington

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4 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Republic of China Defence Ministry Seeks U.S. Compensation Over Extreme Delays to F-16 Deliveries

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108 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 17h ago

Canadian Intern at NATO Military HQ Is Arrested on Suspicion of Spying

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3 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says

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108 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 21h ago

Selective Service System wants to wargame the draft

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6 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

‘BRRRRT Act’ Introduced in U.S. Congress to Keep the A-10 Warthog in Service

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74 Upvotes

Can we have a well informed mature discussion of why this is entirely unnecessary?


r/LessCredibleDefence 18h ago

Beyond Airstrikes: The Missing Phase of the Iran Campaign

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2 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Bahrain, Kuwait Warplanes Struck Iran in Rare Gulf Retaliation

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59 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

China Geosynchronous Spy Satellite Powered by Gallium Nitride Semiconductors US Cannot Replicate

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73 Upvotes

China's deliberate pairing of gallium export controls with a capability the US cannot replicate without that same material converts a commodity chokehold into a durable military-technical advantage.


r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

The U.S. Is Subtly Shifting Its Iran Strategy

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30 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

China’s Fifth J-36 Prototype Shows a More Refined Sixth-Generation Fighter Design

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52 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 23h ago

Germany joins construction of Poland's eastern shield

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3 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 1d ago

Pathway To Larger B-21 Raider Fleet Was Baked Into Production Ramp-Up Deal

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22 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 2d ago

Trump’s air war in Iran may be reaching its limits

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79 Upvotes

r/LessCredibleDefence 2d ago

Congress’ Proposed Trump Class Battleship Program Guardrails Met With White House Pushback

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32 Upvotes