31/03/22 | Points of view
Worries of the Russian forces after five weeks of war? Maybe yes maybe no
The Russians have always been a mystery to us Western Europeans. We keep talking nonsense about the movements of their troops, as if we were understanding something: we think that ...
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31/03/22 | Points of view
I'll explain why Italy pays for every international crisis
During the current Ukrainian crisis there has been much discussion in Italy about the rise in energy prices and the problems that the current sanctions against Russia will create for companies ....
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28/03/22 | Points of view
Whether Westerners will provide Ukraine with better weapon systems?
Why does Moscow absolutely not want Kiev to receive tanks, planes and anti-missile systems? Let's try to understand the reason for an opposition that is not only political and does not aim ...
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25/03/22 | Points of view
Putin's wrath (who only has six weeks to win)
The premise of what we are about to write is that, if you look at this map, you will be led to think that the Ukrainians since February 24 have lost almost a fifth of their ...
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24/03/22 | Points of view
Lies and propaganda; propaganda and bullets
Rhetoric has always played a decisive role in politics, a perennial gray shade in the context of history, even and especially now that the clanges of ...
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20/03/22 | Points of view
Defense spending: not just "more" especially try to spend "better"!
On March 16, the Chamber almost unanimously approved an agenda that committed the government to raise defense spending to 2024% of GDP by 2 (...
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15/03/22 | Points of view
Russia ten days after the peak of the effort? A famous American general claims it
Ben Hodges is not a retired officer to be taken lightly. Lieutenant General Hodges is, in fact, a former commander general of the US military in Europe. And it has ...
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08/03/22 | Points of view
Too many fallen Russians, even to give full credit to the official figures?
The premise is that we have not the slightest certainty, as far as the invasion war of Ukraine is concerned, about the dead, the wounded and the prisoners: the only number that has a high ...
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06/03/22 | Points of view
Pozor Rossii (Russian Shame)
In recent weeks we have seen an escalation of events which ultimately led to the invasion of troops ...
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27/02/22 | Points of view
A true European response to Putin: military deterrence in the East and NATO enlargement to include all EU countries
The Russian tanks are at the gates of Kiev. One could long argue about how it got to this point and how much ...
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26/02/22 | Points of view
Can we afford the "luxury" of pacifism in wartime?
"A pacifist is someone who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat it last": these are the words spoken in 1954 ...
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21/02/22 | Points of view
The unsustainable hypocrisy of "safeguarding territorial integrity"
“The territorial integrity of Ukraine must be safeguarded!”, “Where the territorial integrity of the ...
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14/02/22 | Points of view
Sanremo: a lost opportunity in the war against the mafia?
Yes, you read that right: in Sanremo, an opportunity was lost, in the war against the mafias? She will come out of the chorus (it is the case ...
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01/02/22 | Points of view
Ukraine teaches the menga rule: whoever has (or can have) nuclear weapons should keep them!
History tells that two countries were politely obliged to give up their nuclear program, which had already started, ...
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19/01/22 | Points of view
The President of the Republic: his (enormous) powers and an eye on the (many) candidates
Next week the two chambers and the representatives of the regions will meet in the hemicycle of the ...
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14/01/22 | Points of view
The Army is invoked to guarantee mobility. But...
The request comes from the president of ASSOUTENTI Furio Truzzi, after the new anti-pandemic restrictions that are ...
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02/12/21 | Points of view
Pucciarelli: maximum attention to choices on OTO-Melara and Wass in order not to reduce them to mere market maneuvers
"In renewing, relaunching it, my invitation to responsible harmony and effective synergy between all the actors ...
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26/11/21 | Points of view
State clearance sales
For some weeks there have been news regarding the possible sale of Oto Melara and WASS, now incorporated into the ...
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23/11/21 | Points of view
The NoVax as modern defeatists?
The experience of a war touches a country in all its components: the Armed Forces and the reserve, logistics and ...
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15/11/21 | Points of view
Last and Alpha remember Nassiriya: their denunciation
Last Friday was celebrated the Day of Remembrance of the military and civilian fallen in international missions for ...
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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 the Director
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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