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 established in the 1920s, at the birth of ...
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25/10/14  |  Insights
The Sicily launch pad for US special departments
They fly at low altitude to elude the opposing radar systems, trying to confuse the noise generated by the moving rotor with the wind blowing on the trees. Usually...
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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 "unconventional" material, namely nuclear, chemical or biological (NBC). News ...
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14/09/14  |  Insights
Because ISIS will eventually be defeated
It is from these hours yet another macabre act carried out by the self-styled Islamic state of the east: a British aid worker was brutally beheaded and, as is now the practice for ...
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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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13/06/14  |  Insights
"32 days in Afghanistan" - chap. 5: Mazar i-sharif and Balkh
(April 2012) I have to get to the Buddha valley, Bamiyan's. The two roads that connect it to Kabul are made ...
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06/06/14  |  Insights
The third world war was about to break out in the 1983
The Soviet Union and NATO were on the verge of nuclear war after the latter held an important ...
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05/06/14  |  Insights
"32 days in Afghanistan" - chapter 4: The mine museum
It begins again. The normal life of Kabul resumes and I can find (not a sign, not an indication) the museum ...
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02/06/14  |  Insights
What is the difference between the Navy Seal and the Delta Force?
We at Difesa Online like to give our readers all the tools possible to better understand the fascinating ...
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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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