04/04/23 | Events
Friday April 14 at 15.00: "Rheinmetall Lynx, the best infantry fighting vehicle in the world?"
Developed in recent years by Rheinmetall as a rival of the IFV Puma, the Lynx has not been adopted by the German army but, thanks to its characteristics and ductility...
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04/04/23 | Letters to the Director
Letter to Online Defense: new tanks, APCs, and IFVs for the Italian army
Dear director, I speak as a layman on the question of which new tanks and infantry vehicles to buy for our army. You, not alone, support the…
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30/03/23 | Events
Wednesday 19 April at 21.00 "Unmanned Aircraft and Modern Operations: Was the War in Ukraine an Eye Opener?"
The use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (also known as Drones, UAVs, Suicide Drones, Loitering Ammunition, etc.) in even symmetrical operations had been theorized by now by...
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28/03/23 | 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...
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26/03/23 | Publishing
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:...
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24/03/23 | Events
Tuesday 28 at 21.00 "G-91: the Italian fighter that conquered NATO"
On the day of the 100th birthday of the Italian Army, a memory of the first totally Italian fighter that managed to win the NATO competition for the Alliance's light fighter. A...
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22/03/23 | Events
Friday 24 at 15.00 SINGLE USE "AMX Ghibli: the honest Italian light warrior"
Developed and entered into service at the end of the Cold War based on a common Italian-Brazilian requirement, the AMX ("Ghibli" in the Air Force) was the only...
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20/03/23 | Cyber
Windows vs Linux
The article that I am about to write wants to emphasize some aspect of two different and at the same time similar visions of the idea of Operating System. It is mandatory to make a short…
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20/03/23 | Events
Wednesday 22 at 21.00: "Discovering the secret services, intelligence and other amenities"
Whether we like it or not, whether we admit it or not, the war in Ukraine was triggered by mistakes (and traps…) by…
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20/03/23 | Publishing
National day in memory of the victims of the coronavirus epidemic… and the Defense still has the “COVI”???
“In the image of the sad procession that paraded here three years ago there is not only pain, there is also Italy's redemption. There is...
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17/03/23 | Publishing
New column coming soon: DOT!
Soon, on the Online Defense YouTube channel, we will inaugurate a new column: DOT - "Defense On Target". We will explore the...
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15/03/23 | Letters to the Director
Letters to the editor: armored, armored and (impossible) indignant...
Dear director, while I was watching the live broadcast "Dardo: in Italy, industry matters more or the lives of...
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13/03/23 | Points of view
The hearing of General Portolano: a comment
General Luciano Portolano, general secretary of defense and national director of armaments, held a ...
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13/03/23 | Events
Today at 18.00 "(WW3) Meanwhile in the South Caucasus..."
The global conflict started just over a year ago, however we must take off our blinders and remember that other…
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13/03/23 | Events
Wednesday 15 at 21.00 "RSTA (Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition) functions and the use of commercial systems and technologies"
As known, the operational scenarios have a very high fluidity. They are characterized by the presence of “islands…
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08/03/23 | Interviews
"Interview with Toni Capuozzo on War, Propaganda and... Italians"
“It seems that to raise doubts is to abandon the Ukrainians to slaughter, to be traitors, cowards or deserters....
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08/03/23 | Letters to the Director
Letter to Online Defense: 250 Leopard 2 A7 tanks for the Italian Army?
Dear Director, For some time now, our country has been discussing the replacement of the outdated and obsolete IFVs...
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08/03/23 | Events
Saturday 11 at 15.00 SINGLE USE: Sukhoi Su-35S: the “Supreme Flanker”
The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War cemented insiders…
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07/03/23 | Events
Thursday 9 at 21.00 "Legionnaire life - An Italian in the Foreign Legion"
An unusual life choice told live: it is the decision to embrace the cause of the Legion...
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07/03/23 | Publishing
Does Italy look (finally) beyond its own nose?
After embarrassing years in which our country has prostrated itself at the feet of a regime that is hostile to every aspect of...
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Publishing
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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