02/11/15  |  Insights
Defense Online with the Folgore for Mangusta 2015
The dense darkness, the icy wind, the smell of rain you breathe deeply. The Nembo paratroopers slip into silence and disappear into the darkness. Only the rustling of ...
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02/11/15  |  Seaside
Last sailing ship Maestrale: greeted by Ortona arrives in Trieste
After the stop in the port, Saturday 31 October, with the exit to the sea for the students, the members of the National Association of Italian Sailors and the Naval League of Ortona and Pescara, ...
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02/11/15  |  Points of view
In memory of Experimentatori Pietro Venanzi and Herbert Moran
On Friday morning, a call from our director warned me that a prototype of the AW-609 convertibles had fallen a few minutes earlier. Not necessarily an airplane accident must ...
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02/11/15  |  Military world
Israel wishes Happy Halloween to military aviation, but on the pumpkin is a Russian fighter
"Trick or treat?" Thousands of likes and shares, as often happens with every post on the Israeli Air Force page. Too bad that on the pumpkin that dominates the whole ...
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02/11/15  |  History
02 November 1915: New weapons introduced for the Great War
Tuesday - The first two motorboats "SVAN from 12 tons" (Built on a project by the Venetian Motor Boat Company of Venice), named MAS 1 and MAS 2, part of a ...
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01/11/15  |  Military world
Great Britain, work began on the first naval base in Bahrain: aircraft carrier and F-35
His Majesty's Navy will have a permanent presence in the Kingdom of Bahrain, with the construction of the first base of the Royal Navy in the Persian Gulf from 1971 east of Suez. And how much...
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01/11/15  |  Industry
India: 98 Italian torpedoes frozen, Oto Melara could be excluded from a 400 million dollar bid for 30mm cannons
The Italian company Oto Melara could be excluded from the announcement by 400 million dollars issued by the Indian Navy for the supply of 110 naval canons from 30 millimeters. IS'...
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01/11/15  |  History
01 November 1918: The sinking of Viribus Unitis
The eldest of the Naval Genius Raffaele Rossetti and the medical lieutenant of the Marina Raffaele Paolucci violate the very common Austro-Hungarian port of Pula and sink with the innovative ...
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01/11/15  |  History
01 November 1893: Adopted the time with reference to the Greenwich meridian
Wednesday - The central European meridian time is adopted which is an hour ahead of Greenwich mean time. TO...
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31/10/15  |  Military world
ISIS: the dwarf terrorist expert in beheading who is stealing the scene from John the Executioner
It is the new mascot of terrorists. He himself is an Islamic fundamentalist baptized "Abu Ahmad Al-Chihuahua". The...
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31/10/15  |  Military world
Syria: F-15 Israelis destroy convoy destined for Hezbollah
A few minutes ago, six Israeli fighters struck, in the mountainous Qalamoun region of western Syria, a ...
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31/10/15  |  Military world
Pentagon, official: "We had a military space station in 1965"
At the height of the Cold War, the Pentagon launched a risky space program. Details have been branched ...
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31/10/15  |  Military world
Russia: in December Putin will have a new class of missiles and submarines in deterrent service
The Russians yesterday launched two ballistic missiles in the Barents and Okhotsk seas. Nuclear-powered submarines ...
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31/10/15  |  History
31 October 1916: Sibenik bombing
The M6 ​​airship, supported by the Alpine, Carabiniere and Rifleman destroyers, attacks Sibenik, releasing 660 ...
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31/10/15  |  History
31 October 1915: war bulletin
The enemy's official bulletins have stated that the bombing of Venice, in the night on the 25 and in ...
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31/10/15  |  History
31 OCTOBER 1909: First air raid without airship stopover
Sunday - The vessel lieutenant Guido Scelsi, after having tested it in flight over the Tuscan archipelago, drives the ...
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30/10/15  |  Military world
ISIS, test in class: "If we have 275 thousand heroes in battle and 356 thousand infidels, who has more soldiers?"
"Task in math class. Conduct: If the Islamic State has 275,220 heroes in a battle and unbelievers ...
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30/10/15  |  Military world
Syria: Obama sends 50 green caps
50 green caps supported by an autonomous battle group consisting of F-15, A-10, Apache helicopters and armed drones ...
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30/10/15  |  Missions
Lebanon: UNIFIL Italian blue helmets rescue boy involved in car accident
An Italian patrol rescued and stabilized a Lebanese boy in serious condition hit by a pirate car ...
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30/10/15  |  Industry
AW-609 convertiplano precipitates
A prototype of the AW-609, the Agusta-Wesland tiltrotor soon to be placed on the market with an order portfolio ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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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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