14/12/16  |  Venturi Times
The defeat of the "moderate rebels" changes the cards. Here's what's going to happen in Syria
Aleppo, in the general media torpor, has been released. The use of the term "liberated" is omitted by almost all the media, in order to present the victory ...
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13/12/16  |  Industry
Leonardo-Finmeccanica delivers to the Italian Air Force the first two P-72A, the future guardian of the Mediterranean
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has delivered the first two ATR 72MPs to the Italian Air Force, the maritime patrol vessel named P-72A which will replace the obsolete Breguet Atlantic. Mauro ...
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13/12/16  |  Terra
The "Yellow Devils" of the 185th Folgore at the final stage of the NEC strength experimentation
The paratrooper artillerymen of the 185º "Folgore" regiment have conducted, in recent days, fire operations with a Thompson heavy mortar section from 120mm. The "Devils ...
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13/12/16  |  Missions
Conference of the commanders of NATO components Response Force (NRF) 2016 and 2017
Today at the Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) of Brunssum the army corps general Salvatore Farina presided over a conference to discuss the main experiences ...
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13/12/16  |  Industry
Leonardo-Finmeccanica: six more AW139 helicopters arriving for the Guardia di Finanza
Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced today the signing of a contract with the Guardia di Finanza for the supply of six additional AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopters ....
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13/12/16  |  Industry
Boeing upgrades the NATO AWACS fleet cockpit
Boeing today delivered the first of fourteen E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with cockpit upgrades to NATO. Communication Navigation ...
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13/12/16  |  Foreign Shorts
Syria: after the battle of Aleppo, the one around Palmyra is raging
These are crucial hours for Syria. While the celebrations for the liberation of Aleppo begin in the north, the spotlight is rekindled on the southern front, between Palmira and Deir Ezzor. Self...
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13/12/16  |  Military world
Syria, ISIS destroys the first Leopard-2
The Islamic State reportedly destroyed the first Leopard 2A4 tank in Syria. This is what several news agencies in the Middle East report. It would be a Leopard 2 ...
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13/12/16  |  Foreign Shorts
Aleppo: the rebels surrender. The city returns under loyalist control
A matter of hours now. The jihadist rebels of the Conquest Army (Jaysh al Fateh) and Fatah Halab have ...
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13/12/16  |  Guests Book
Sidney Reilly: I am the king of spies
Sidney Reilly Ed. Castelvecchi pp. 187 Sidney Reilly's is a controversial myth across the Channel. Someone has it ...
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12/12/16  |  Heaven
Just a day old baby girl transported urgently by a 31 ° Stormo aircraft
A Falcon 900 of the Air Force landed a few minutes ago and transported a Sardinian girl of ...
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12/12/16  |  Insights
VBM Freccia Porta-Mortar: a formidable weapon to avoid the Syrian "TOW-time"?
It happened last year in Cesano, near Rome, during an international exercise. I was visiting some ...
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12/12/16  |  Military world
At the bottom of Pearl Harbor for 75 years: the last Japanese submarine to pave the way for the Empire of the Sun.
Researchers at the NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explored the ...
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12/12/16  |  Military world
Israel, delivered the first two F-35: the fifth generation, with strengths and weaknesses, flies in the Middle East
The Israeli Air Force will receive its first two F-35s at Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel in a few hours ....
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12/12/16  |  Foreign Shorts
Peru reduces the defense budget, but increases the expenses for the police forces
Jorge Nieto Montesinos is the new Peruvian Minister of Defense. He replaces the outgoing Minister Gonzales ...
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12/12/16  |  Venturi Times
ISIS queue: Palmyra resumed in Syria, resists also in Mosul in Iraq
While the world dwells on Aleppo, where the fall of the last pockets of rebel resistance is a matter of days, ...
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12/12/16  |  Military world
The Israeli Golani brigade and the ambush in late November
As already published at the end of November (see article), an Israeli air strike killed four state militants ...
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11/12/16  |  Industry
Boeing and Iran Air announce an agreement for 80 aircraft
Boeing and Iran Air today announced an agreement for 80 aircraft that includes fifty 737 MAX 8, fifteen 777 -...
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11/12/16  |  Seaside
Italian fishing boat approached by Tunisian patrol boat. The Navy intervenes: "situation clarified"
Navy units intervened in the afternoon after a request for support from the vessel ...
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10/12/16  |  Heaven
10 December: celebration of the Madonna of Loreto, patron saint of aviators (... and some atypical prayers)
Every year, the December 10, celebrates the celebration of the celebration of the Madonna (black) of Loreto, patron saint of 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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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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