02/05/16 | Insights
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 | Insights
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 | Insights
"Videre nec videri", behind the work of the acquirer
When you arrive in Livorno and enter the district of the command of the Folgore brigade it seems that any soldier you cross is the same as the previous one. Residents...
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14/04/16 | Insights
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 - Submarine Flotilla Command, began "only" with a permit of ...
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12/04/16 | Insights
The COMSUBIN knife and fighters
(For reasons of secrecy only the initials of the names are reported) Defense Online continues its journey to discover the skills in hand-to-hand combat and to the weapon ...
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08/04/16 | Insights
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 the designers and technicians of the Italian Navy take shape ...
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08/04/16 | Insights
“Dare the inosable”: the “historic” Dolphins of steel
Tacit and "visible" are deployed in the quay reserved for the submarine mooring at the Flotilla submarine command of Taranto. When the "class" is not water: ...
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22/03/16 | Insights
Motor that wins is not changed
Avio Aero was chosen to power the seven new PPAs (Polivalent Offshore Patrol boats) that will be built by Fincantieri. The LM2500 class turbines are in service in ...
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13/03/16 | Insights
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 | Insights
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 | Insights
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 | Insights
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 | Insights
Italians do eat better
"An army marches and fights with the stomach," said General Napoleon Bonaparte wisely. When in fact ...
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22/01/16 | Insights
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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17/12/15 | Insights
The men of Comsubin tell the Submarine Scirè: when courage becomes a legend
"... the glory of the sacrifice had replaced the glory of success ... disappeared with the Scirè the best crew of ...
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07/12/15 | Insights
What to do if a terrorist event occurs?
This article offers safety advice and good practices to prepare for a terrorist attack ....
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02/11/15 | Insights
Defense Online with the Folgore for Mangusta 2015
The dense darkness, the icy wind, the smell of rain can be breathed in deeply. The Nembo paratroopers slip ...
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19/10/15 | Insights
The crime of capturing hostages
The 18 December 1979, in New York, was signed the international convention against hostage capture, then ...
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11/10/15 | Insights
OSINT evolution hypothesis to counter terrorism
The phenomenon of terrorism is also fought with Open Source Intelligence (Osint). The current application methodology ...
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09/10/15 | Insights
Back to the past: the new patent from the raider
San Rossore, 6 October 2015. In the military world, symbols acquire considerable value: they are useful to ...
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Syria: The Most Vile Betrayal
Do you see this photo? It is from 2015. Behind me, there are the faces of some of the tens of thousands of soldiers and volunteers who sacrificed their lives to defend their homeland. The...
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Letter to Difesa Online: "Save the Navy!"
Dear Director, We kindly ask you to publish this letter, which is as open as it is heartfelt and truthful, concerning the need to “save” the Navy from a situation...
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