16/05/23 | Military world
The lieutenant's tales: coffee
When I asked Filippo to dig up the memories of a life in the Army, he proved to be a bit skeptical but then he called me back saying: "I thought about it during the...
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12/05/23 | Military world
The lieutenant's tales: "Sergeant Hartman" (second part)
(Continued) "Recognizing that something was wrong, he went to look and realized that ... a wind was missing the carabiner and US transmitters did not have any spare! The ...
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11/05/23 | Military world
The lieutenant's tales: "Sergeant Hartman" (first part)
Particularly during the economic boom of the 80s, many young people called up for military service saw a disruption in the professional expectations that the economy of...
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04/05/23 | Means
Food, toilets and cot in shelter modules: well-being is transversal and on rubber
If the quality of a department is related to the capabilities of a commander (see: "My Leadership" promoted by the Center for Higher Defense Studies, speaker by the president of the Casd amm...
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02/05/23 | Military world
The future gets on board the "Mare Aperto"
In recent years, a strong competition has developed for access to marine and submarine natural resources, with consequent claims on the areas of interest. The huge...
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26/04/23 | Military world
New European mission in Moldova
Particularly delicate is the position of Moldova since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Tensions in the Republic of Moldova and in particular...
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26/04/23 | Military world
Armies of the Russo-Ukrainian War: The Armed and Security Forces of the Republic of Moldova
In a previous episode of our series dedicated to the "armies of the Russo-Ukrainian War", we talked about the Armed and Security Forces of Transnistria (or more...
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22/04/23 | Ocean4Future
The maritime organization in ancient times (second part): XVII-XVIII century
After a dark period in which the border between military and merchant navies blurred into organizations often of convenience, adapted to the needs of the moment, the seed began to be born...
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13/04/23 | Ocean4Future
The maritime organization in ancient times (first part)
Often, not only in the naval field, there is confusion between title and rank. Title means the term to designate...
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12/04/23 | Military world
Israeli F-35s for the first time at the "Red Flag"
Despite the passing of time, the red, in exercises, always takes on the distinctive character of the enemy. In Nevada,...
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11/04/23 | Ocean4Future
Pietro Vassena, an Italian genius who built the first half submarine for scientific research
Today we want to remember Pietro Luigi Vassena, an Italian inventor who in the last century engineered and developed many...
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04/04/23 | Military world
Misinformation and useful idiots
Since the beginning of the Russian aggression in Ukraine there have been communications that tended to diminish the role...
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04/04/23 | Means
April 4, 1949 the STAN-AG agreement is “NATO”.
Many times when describing a vehicle, or rather, a military vehicle platform, we have referred to a...
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01/04/23 | Military world
North Korea's naval instrument
For more than a decade, the master of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has been devoting a large part of the country's resources to...
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29/03/23 | Military world
Turkey presents the prototype of a new stealth UCAV
March 18, 2023 marked another milestone in the history of Turkey's drone program because the…
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28/03/23 | Military world
Weapons of the Russo-Ukrainian War: UPAB-1500 guided glide bombs
At the beginning of March 2023, the news that the Russians had for the first ...
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27/03/23 | Military world
“M” for Macchi and “B” for Bazzocchi!
On March 27, 1914, the engineer Ermanno Bazzocchi was born in Tradate, the designer of famous trainers of the...
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23/03/23 | Military world
The joint exercise Freedom Shield among Kim Jong-un's missiles
The South Korean and US militaries are carrying out one of the largest joint exercises in recent ...
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17/03/23 | Military world
The UK increases its defense budget
Two years after the first version, the United Kingdom has published the Integrated Review Refresh 2023 (IRR23) document with the...
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14/03/23 | Military world
US drone shot down "unprofessionally" by Russian Su-27s
Two Russian Su-27s today intercepted a US Air Force MQ-9 drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) that...
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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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