20/01/16 | Letters to the Director
Who are we helping, are we sure of Kurdish peshmerga?
Since March 2015 in Erbil, the Italian soldiers of the "Prima Parthica" mission have been training the Kurdish peshmerga, present in northern Iraq, to counter the forces of ISIS. Neither...
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20/01/16 | Military world
Space Shield, ballistic missile launched within the year: the US will try to intercept the ICBM with an airborne laser
The Pentagon will launch an ICBM later this year and try to intercept it with an airborne laser. This is what Vice Admiral James confirms ...
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20/01/16 | Venturi Times
Massacre in Pakistan. Islamabad's ambivalence at a crossroads
We have been following the developments in Pakistan for some time, an emblematic country and a test bed for many prototypes of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism (see article). THE'...
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20/01/16 | Missions
Lebanon: the commander of the IOC on a visit to UNIFIL
With a greeting address to the Italian personnel employed in the UNIFIL mission, the two-day visit to Lebanon of the Army Corps General Marco ended today ...
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20/01/16 | Terra
The captains of the 141 course of the General Staff received in the skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano
Officials attending the 141 course of State Staff today visited the Intesa Sanpaolo Headquarters, where the Innovation Center of the banking group is located.
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20/01/16 | Military world
Pentagon, "worst year ever": nearly fifty drones lost in 2015, the "Reaper" goes off for no reason
The Air Force continues to "lose" autonomous drones in an accident, just as their demand on the battlefield is constantly growing. In a new relationship ...
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20/01/16 | Military world
F-35A: first laser guided bomb test within the next few weeks
Within the first week of March, an F-35A of the 34th Fighter Squadron stationed at Hill's Air Force Base, will drop the first laser-guided bomb at the Test and Training Range ...
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19/01/16 | Military world
Avalanche kills 5 French legionaries
Yesterday afternoon five soldiers of the 2nd régiment étranger de génie of the Foreign Legion were killed by an avalanche in Valfréjus, in the Savoie region, Alps ...
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19/01/16 | Letters to the Director
Accommodation for the staff of the MM in La Spezia
Yesterday the military representatives met the Undersecretary of Defense, La Spezia, in La Spezia ...
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19/01/16 | Seaside
Carabiniere ship exceeds the equator, for the first time
The first passage of the Equator is never forgotten. So it was also for the "first time" Carabiniere, which ...
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19/01/16 | Missions
Iraqi Kurdistan: training on the “Folgore” anti-tank system resumed
The Italian trainers of the Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) have started a new training course in favor of ...
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19/01/16 | Military world
Russian Navy: Moscow closes the "Lada" line, funds canceled for the "Kalina" submarines
The Russian Ministry of Defense has decided to close the "Lada" line (three boats out of the eight planned) and reverse the ...
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19/01/16 | Missions
Kosovo: the Italian contingent donates materials to the Klina community
As part of civil and military cooperation activities for the local population, the contingent ...
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19/01/16 | Military world
China's plan to hit the US: "the optimal point of aim would be a hit on New York City"
"Attacking the United States with multiple independent warheads: the effects of intercontinental ballistic missiles" ....
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18/01/16 | Military world
F-35: The Pentagon buys more 167 engines, costs go down
The Department of Defense has reached an agreement with Pratt & Whitney, builder of the new engine for the F-35, ...
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18/01/16 | Seaside
Antarctica, the mission of the Navy hydrographers to create a new nautical map has been completed
On 15 January the Italian oceanographic cargo ship brought the team of specialists back to Lyttleton (New Zealand) ...
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18/01/16 | Terra
Exchange Vice Allied Landcom in Turkey
Army Corps General Paolo Ruggiero, taking over from Lieutenant General (GBR), Ed Davis, is the first officer ...
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18/01/16 | Heaven
The AM hosted at the 89 ^ edition of the Pitti in Florence
On Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 January took place in Florence, at the historic Fortezza da Basso building, the ...
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18/01/16 | Industry
Finmeccanica will supply new radars to the major Canadian airports
The Security and Information Systems Division of Finmeccanica (which in the process of ...
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18/01/16 | Military world
ISIS, Canada is ready to send a ground force: "The raids are no longer effective, the terrorists have changed their strategy"
"We are ready for a land campaign, it is what we need in Iraq and Syria." This is what Harjit Sajjan said, ...
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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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