19/04/21 | Events
ON AIR Defense (THIS EVENING at 21.00 pm) "Afghanistan: 20 years wasted?"
20 years after the beginning of an international commitment to reconstruction comes the announcement of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Several missions followed one another (Enduring ...
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13/04/21 | Events
Defense ON AIR (Wednesday 14 at 21.00): "Suez, the Italian problem"
On 23 March 2021 the Ever Given container ship runs aground in the Suez Canal. The day after the accident, over 250 ships are queued. It really was an accident ...
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13/04/21 | Events
SUMMER SCHOOL "European and Vatican diplomacy compared: cooperation and challenges in international crisis scenarios"
The University of International Studies of Rome (UNINT), with the collaboration of Tota Pulchra and the patronage of Defense Online, is planning the Summer School "Diplomacy ...
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09/04/21 | Events
VAE VICTIS (Sunday 11 at 21.00): "The Battle of the Bridges in Nassiriya in Iraq"
April 6, 2004, Battle of the Bridges in Nassiriya in Iraq. The Italian Army carries out its first offensive since the Second World War, facing and defeating the ...
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06/04/21 | Events
War with China: an inevitable but postponable appointment?
The diplomatic conflict between the two major superpowers on the planet is now on the agenda. On both sides, it is a succession of initiatives aimed at limiting - ...
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30/03/21 | Events
Defense ON AIR (WEDNESDAY 31 AT 21.00) "Israel: Iran, the Abrahamic Agreements and the new challenges"
The elections in Israel have just ended, the fourth in two years. The first party appears to be the Likud of outgoing Prime Minister Netanyahu, with 30 seats. The extreme Right has ...
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27/03/21 | Events
VAE VICTIS (Sunday 28 at 20.30): "The kidnapping of Achille Lauro and Operation Margherita"
Dear readers, Sunday 28 March at 20.30 pm, the historical-geopolitical column "Vae Victis" is back. In the third episode we will talk about Operation Margherita: the blitz to free the ...
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24/03/21 | Events
Defense ON AIR (tonight at 21.00): "Contemporary war theaters"
"When I arrived in Kiev on February 18, 2014, I did not find exactly what I expected ..." These are the first words of the book Contemporary War Theaters of ...
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15/03/21 | Events
ON AIR Defense: "the future of armored vehicles"
The Combined Resolve multinational exercise in Germany in which a contingent participated ...
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11/03/21 | Events
VAE VICTIS (Sunday 14 at 20.30): "Who were the greatest leaders and tacticians of the ancient age?"
Dear readers, Sunday 14 March at 20.30 pm, three weeks after the meeting with Roberto Trizio, popularizer and expert on ...
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08/03/21 | Events
EXCLUSIVE Online Defense: Wednesday 10 at 21.00 we will take you "to the front line of the war front"
"If you know the enemy and yourself, your victory is certain. If you know yourself but not the enemy, your odds ...
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05/03/21 | Events
Arma dei Carabinieri: presentation of applications for the three-year course "marshal students" until March 15th!
The road that leads to wearing the uniform of the carabinieri passes through public competitions. For one of them, the one for ...
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28/02/21 | Events
Defense ON AIR (WEDNESDAY 3 AT 21.00): "protection in crisis areas"
Italians are and - unless a radical change of course - will increasingly be the paying target of intimidation, ...
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22/02/21 | Events
Defense ON AIR (WEDNESDAY 24 AT 21.00): "Hypersonic missiles, do we still have time to ignore these game changers?"
Hypersonic weapon: any missile or object capable of reaching and maintaining speeds in excess of 5 times the speed ...
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15/02/21 | Events
Defense ON AIR (WEDNESDAY 17 AT 21.00): "Mare Vostrum: could the Navy be an instrument of a less submissive policy?"
Italy is not Switzerland, it is surrounded by 7.500 kilometers of coastline and has (inherited) millenary maritime traditions ....
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13/02/21 | Events
VAE VICTIS (SUNDAY 21 AT 20.30): "The weapons of the largest army in history"
Dear readers, Sunday 21 February at 20.30 we will inaugurate "VAE VICTIS", a new cycle - every 3 weeks ...
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08/02/21 | Events
Defense ON AIR (WEDNESDAY 10 AT 21.00 PM): "Cybersecurity and AI an (im) perfect combination?"
New technologies have forcefully entered everyday life. Similarly the war has become ...
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01/02/21 | Events
ON AIR Defense (WEDNESDAY AT 21.00 PM): "Did the war in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) rewrite the rules on the battlefield?"
“The next crisis may not be a Pandemic… We no longer live in the calm sea we have become addicted to. That ...
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29/01/21 | Events
Navy: Virtual Open Day at the Naval Academy of Livorno on Saturday 30 January 2021
Saturday 30 January 2021, the Naval Academy of Livorno will organize a virtual Open Day aimed at all those who ...
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25/01/21 | Events
ON AIR Defense (Wednesday 27th at 21.00): "The Italian Special Forces". General Marco Bertolini was a guest
They are elite units that represent the best that our armed forces can deliver. Appreciated throughout the ...
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Publishing
Nasrallah is dead, long live Nasrallah
It ended as it began. And as it will probably continue. Like Abbas al Musawi, his predecessor, so Hasan Nasr Allah fell under Israeli fire. Following the paradigm of Moshe Dayan,...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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