23/12/14 | Insights
The 10 is the most powerful weapon of the modern era
What are the most powerful weapons of the modern era? The American press, as it happens every year, has compiled the ranking of the ten most powerful weapon systems of the modern era.
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20/12/14 | Insights
The red thread that connects Riyadh to Moscow is called the price of oil
A blood-red thread connects Saudi Arabia to Vladimir Putin's Russia, this is the price of oil, some might think of a black thread, in reality it is ruby, ruby ...
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14/12/14 | Insights
1st ONLINE DEFENSE Conference: "We are all Marò"
We would have liked to record the episode many months ago in the Vittoriano's Sala delle Bandiere. For permission they told us from the Defense that in a couple of months ...
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09/12/14 | Insights
The evolution of conflict and the importance of information
The revolutionary events occurred at the end of the last century, consisting in the fall of the Soviet empire and in the acquisition by the United States of the role of ...
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09/12/14 | Insights
Afghanistan: the new Mangusta AW129 "Delta"
New update of the Mangusta AW-129, now called "Delta". The manufacturer is AugustaWestland, an Italian-British multinational company that designs, manufactures and ...
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06/12/14 | Insights
"The other voice of IBIS" - History of a research project
Ever since I was little my parents taught me that there are always two parts of a story, one told by the losers and the other told by the winners and so that ...
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03/12/14 | Insights
Pakistani nuclear capabilities
The chronic political instability of Pakistan, in possession of a nuclear arsenal and permeable to the presence of Qaedist and Taliban elements in the area, is a source of concern ...
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12/11/14 | Insights
The guidelines of Russian foreign policy
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine, which has characterized Eastern Europe for a year now, is one of the greatest factors of instability for security in Europe.
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08/11/14 | Insights
Defense of the Peshmerga: weapons sent from Europe
To counter Isis, the Peshmerga army relies on its 200.000 soldiers. The first peshmerga units were ...
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25/10/14 | Insights
The Sicily launch pad for US special departments
Fly at low altitude to evade enemy radar systems, trying to confuse the noise generated by the rotor in ...
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03/10/14 | Insights
ISIS and the threat of "dirty" terrorist attacks
There are alarming reports that ISIS, advancing in Syria, could take over material "not ...
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14/09/14 | Insights
Because ISIS will eventually be defeated
It is from these hours the umpteenth macabre act performed by the so-called Islamic state of the East: a British cooperator is ...
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14/09/14 | Insights
Isis, Qutb and recruitment
Fifty young Italians have been recruited via the web to fight down payments to the Isis militias in Syria and Iraq ....
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27/08/14 | Insights
European Defense Perspectives: EUROGENDFOR
The following article, starting from the analysis of the main crisis elements of the current geopolitical context, ...
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04/08/14 | Insights
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the distinction between civil and military goods
The recurrence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent weeks, resulting in the death of ...
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17/07/14 | Insights
The basic principles of Israeli defense
Military doctrine is rooted in the principle of deterrence, but in the specific case of Israel, the concept ...
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16/07/14 | Insights
The application of the DIU in the Peace Support Operations
In recent years our armed forces have increasingly found themselves operating in international scenarios ...
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24/06/14 | Insights
National prerogatives and European dimension in the PESDC
This article aims to analyze the structure of the Union's foreign security and defense policy ...
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20/06/14 | Insights
"32 days in Afghanistan" - chapter 7: Bamiyan and back
(May 2012) I reach Bamiyan: a pearl enclosed in the middle of Afghanistan. An anomalous, peaceful place, simply ...
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15/06/14 | Insights
"32 days in Afghanistan" - chapter 6: The real squeeze!
(April 2012) Before leaving for Bamiyan, I am welcomed by friends and I experience the famous "hospitality ...
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Events
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Publishing
Does the SMD boss follow the (wrong) path of some pro-Chinese politicians?
Defense Chief of Staff Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone recently completed an institutional visit to Pakistan. The visit is part of the initiatives for the development of ...
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Letters to the Director
The active defense systems of armored vehicles, an urgent necessity
One of the main lessons learned from the war in Ukraine is the need to enhance the protection of armored vehicles in general and not just that of tanks. Already the Syrian conflict ...
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