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A world premiere in cruising and diversification in US defense for Fincantieri
The economic-industrial development of a given country cannot be reduced to a single determining cause, on a process of such great complexity they act - combined between ...
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09/06/16 | Learn more
Russian Para: from the pioneers of the specialty to Ulus-Kert
Landing a man who falls into the void unharmed is a problem already faced and solved in the middle of the last millennium by precursors of parachuting such as Sebastiano ...
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Submersible profession: training systems (2 ° part)
Being able to form and train a “future” submariner is not easy, it requires meticulous and careful work. The instructors of the Comflotsom Submarine School, ...
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04/06/16 | Learn more
Submersible profession: training systems (1 ° part)
"The three essentials to getting anything worth having are: first, hard work, second, perseverance, and third, common sense." (Thomas Edison). Men and ...
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The Sommergibilisti School for the "Abyss sailors" (third part)
The crews of the submarines class Sauro 3 ^ and 4 ^ series, and class Todaro (U212A), consist not only of young VFP1 or VFP4, but also of permanent staff ...
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18/05/16 | Learn more
The Sommergibilisti School for the "Abyss sailors" (second part)
"Men are distinguished neither by the titles nor by what they have, but only for what they are". The submarines are "seafarers" with a personal and human heritage ...
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02/05/16 | Learn more
Italian-American metalmodel in the heart of the industrial defense of the US defense
Just as New York in the second half of the 2000s was the financial epicenter of the global crisis triggered by the bursting of the subprime housing bubble, ...
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26/04/16 | Learn more
The Sommergibilisti School for the "sailors of the Abyss" (part one)
The Royal Submarinist School was established in Pula in the April of 1940, far from the scene of the war at sea. A complex of buildings, was taken over by the Air Force ...
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19/04/16 | Learn more
"Videre nec videri", behind the work of the acquirer
When you arrive in Livorno and you enter the neighborhood of the command of the Folgore Brigade it seems that any ...
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14/04/16 | Learn more
A "treasure" to tell: the Historical Hall of the Sommergibilisti
"Writing is traveling without the hassle of luggage" (Emilio Salgari) ... "my journey" at the COMFLOTSOM - Command ...
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12/04/16 | Learn more
The COMSUBIN knife and fighters
(For reasons of secrecy only the initials of the names are reported) Difesa Online continues its journey to discover ...
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Up there, where you plan the wonders of the new Naval Program
It is mainly on the top floor of the Lungotevere delle Navi headquarters in Rome that the experiences and ideas of ...
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“Dare the inosable”: the “historic” Dolphins of steel
Tacit and "visible" are deployed in the dock reserved for the submarines at the Flotilla Command ...
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22/03/16 | Learn more
Motor that wins is not changed
Avio Aero was chosen to power the seven new PPAs (Multi-purpose Offshore Patrol Boats) that will be built ...
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13/03/16 | Learn more
The Midwest and the National Reserve of the US military industry
Historically, metallurgy and the production of weapons have always been close relatives, a link that moreover in the era ...
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01/03/16 | Learn more
The Military Navy Deeds
... Domain of its impulses that derives from high moral qualities, refined by frequent and realistic training ...
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22/02/16 | Learn more
Terrorists against
In a hypothetical political scenario, a terrorist organization could ally itself with the United States to ...
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02/02/16 | Learn more
Ask Italy to pray for Syria
In Syria there is fighting for the survival of a people, but a battle is also being fought for a new idea of the state ...
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26/01/16 | Learn more
Italians do eat better
"An army marches and fights with the stomach," said General Napoleon Bonaparte wisely. When in fact ...
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Weapons and "knowledge workers" for the east coast of the United States
In the first televised confrontation with Hillary Clinton as part of the Democratic Party primaries campaign ...
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Has Putin understood Xi Jinping's masterpiece?
In the past week, much has been written in the media about Xi Jinping's trip to Moscow. Going back 15 months, however, I would like to recall one aspect: is it possible that the war...
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Letters to the Director
New letter to Online Defense regarding the Lynx Vs CV90 issue
Dear Director, I follow your columns and online discussions with passion. Speaking of, hopefully, the future IFV, I have understood your criticisms regarding the BAE CV90. I have some questions. Weight and...
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