15/02/17  |  History
The battle of Cassino: "The allied campaign of Italy as seen by the German command" (1/3)
When in the late spring of the 1943 the last Italian-German positions capitulated at the end of the extreme (and strategically impossible) attempt to keep Tunisia, the ...
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14/02/17  |  Events
Inauguration of the academic year at the official school of the Carabinieri
A beautiful sunny day, coming and going of cars, soldiers waiting for civil and military personalities to arrive. Along the avenue the 4 ° regiment of mounted carabinieri ...
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14/02/17  |  Missions
"Blue Eyes 2017" tutorial in Lebanon
At the base "Millevoi" in Shama, the headquarters of the command of Sector West led by the "Pozzuolo del Friuli" cavalry brigade, the "Blue Eyes 2017", exercise ...
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14/02/17  |  Military world
Will the Stavatti Aerospace Machete be the substitute for the A-10?
The AX program aims at the realization, as happened for the A-10, of an armored asset capable of flying the most powerful airborne tactical weapon on the planet: ...
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13/02/17  |  Missions
Iraq: change to the "Griffon" Task Group
In recent days in Erbil, in the presence of the commander of the Italian National Contingent Command Land, Brigadier General Francesco Maria Ceravolo, the ceremony of ...
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13/02/17  |  Industry
Fincantieri: Work begins for the first Multipurpose Palletizer
The ceremony for the cutting of sheet metal was started today at the Fincantieri plant in Muggiano (La Spezia), starting work on the first multi-purpose ...
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13/02/17  |  Events
The 4th edition of the 'Glossary of Law of the Sea' presented in Rome
The presentation of the 4th edition of the 'Glossary of the Law of the Sea', published by Admiral Fabio Caffio and ... was held in Rome, at the CONFITARMA headquarters at Palazzo Colonna
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13/02/17  |  Industry
Joint Venture Larsen & Toubro and MBDA for the development of advanced missile systems
Following the Indian policy aimed at indigenising the Defense Sector with the Make in India initiative, Larsen & Toubro (L & T), an Indian multinational conglomerate, and ...
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13/02/17  |  Foreign Shorts
The Turks arrive at Al Bab, the last ISIS stronghold in northern Syria. The front of Raqqa ignites
President Erdogan confirmed that Turkish troops, backed by Free Syrian Army rebels, have occupied the ...
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13/02/17  |  Insights
Divers and divers: the Comsubin operators
"A glorious story. A fundamental present for the security of Italy. An even more important future in a ...
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12/02/17  |  Events
Udine: Undersecretary Rossi remembers the partisans killed
The Undersecretary of State for Defense, Domenico Rossi, took part in the ceremony this morning in Udine ...
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12/02/17  |  Report
Reportage in the heart of Amatrice with the Army
Amatrice was one of the most beautiful towns in Italy. At the 3.36 last 24 August an 6.0 magnitude earthquake of ...
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12/02/17  |  Military world
China tests DF 16: it is psychological warfare
China shows its muscles, after the Chinese New Year is back to work; staged a military exercise ...
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11/02/17  |  History
The warlike race of the Amazons, from Strabo
Who were the Amazons, the mythical lineage of warrior women? We ask Strabo, the "Geographer". Strabo, born in ...
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10/02/17  |  History
The sinkholes: between denialism and revisionism
The 10 February recurs the "day of remembrance" in memory of the massacre perpetrated by the Yugoslav forces of the marshal ...
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10/02/17  |  Seaside
Navy: Comsubin handed over the new diver patents
The traditional ceremony of ... took place today inside the Underwater and Incursor Command "Teseo Tesei"
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10/02/17  |  Military world
B-52 Stratofortess engines: USAF seeks 'third way' to modernize fleet and circumvent budget constraints
The US Air Force needs new engines for its B-52 fleet of strategic long-range bombers ...
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10/02/17  |  Sport
The CaSTA show returns to South Tyrol
Greeted Sestriere and Piedmont who hosted it last winter, the military sporting event ...
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10/02/17  |  Missions
Lebanon: Italian blue helmets support health and education institutions
The Italian blue helmets in Lebanon have delivered important equipment to Tiro, to the Imam Moussa Al Sadr Foundation ...
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10/02/17  |  History
10 February 1947: the price of defeat
The 10 February 1947, exactly 70 years ago, for Italy the transition period between the ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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