19/10/15  |  Missions
Beginning of the 2 phase of the EUNAVFOR MED military mission
The time has also come to start phase 2 of the European Union (EU) military operation in the central-southern Mediterranean, called EUNAVFOR MED, which began in June ...
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19/10/15  |  History
19 October 1896: Navy unit for transport and escort of Princess Jelena
Monday - The Royal Savoy yacht with the escort of the torpedo rams Stromboli and Bausan leaves Brindisi for Bar where he will arrive the next day to embark and bring in ...
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18/10/15  |  Military world
US Defense in Trouble: "There are more enemies than all the missiles the F-22s could fire in a single fight"
The only fighter aircraft on the planet, the F-22 Raptor, was built in only 186 specimens (the closure of the line is considered one of the biggest mistakes in the history of ...
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18/10/15  |  Seaside
Launch of the project "Dolphins Guardians of the Aeolian and Aegadian archipelagos"
The Marevivo association and MSC Cruises team up to transmit the passion for the sea to young people and spread the culture of sustainability inside and outside the classrooms ...
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18/10/15  |  History
18 OCTOBER 1912: The state of war with Turkey ceases
Friday - The peace treaty between Italy and Turkey is signed in a room of the Palace Hotel in Ouchy near Lausanne. Italy gets Tripolitania and Cyrenaica and will ...
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17/10/15  |  Military world
F-35, now the matter becomes serious: the government must give technical answers, no longer political ones
Not that it wasn't serious yet, but now our government is in need of a shot to figure out what is actually happening to the JSF program. And we don't ask for an answer ...
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17/10/15  |  History
17 OCTOBER 1916: The Nimbus sunk
Tuesday - The steamer Bormida with troops on board leaves Valona for Brindisi shortly after midnight escorted by the destroyer Nembo (commander, captain of Corvette Emanuele ...
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17/10/15  |  History
17 OCTOBER 1864: Minister's call to save on fuel
Monday - The minister invites naval commandos not to use the machines during navigation but the sail to save on fuel in order to reduce costs, for ...
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16/10/15  |  Events
Pisa commemorates the fallen of the Thunderbolt: when Churchill bowed to the Italian Lions
On the morning of 16 October the sky above Pisa is hostile, clouds full of water, the wind whipping, cold. Despite...
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16/10/15  |  Military world
Syria: Mediterranean war fleet ready for rocket attacks
"If the High Command were to order it, the Mediterranean War Fleet will carry out missile attacks on ...
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16/10/15  |  Missions
Iraq: The Italian health staff guide exercise for emergency management
The coalition health personnel, led by the Italian medical officer of the KTCC J4 med (Kurdish Training ...
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16/10/15  |  Military world
Syria, Turkish fighters shoot down unidentified aircraft: Moscow "is not our drone"
Turkish F-16 shot down an unidentified aircraft that violated airspace. This is what he communicated ...
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16/10/15  |  Military world
English defense: The cuts have made the personnel escape, thousands of staff are needed
The Royal Navy needs 4.000 sailors to keep its fleet operational. The RAF needs staff ...
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16/10/15  |  Military world
US Defense: "The Chinese could detonate a nuclear weapon in low Earth orbit"
"China is investing in its 'counterspace' component, for an anti-satellite capacity deemed capable of ...
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16/10/15  |  Terra
XII Sampling and Identification Course of Biological, Chemical and Radiological Agents
The SIBCRA Multinational Course (Sampling and Identification of Biological, Chemical and ...
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16/10/15  |  Military world
Russia: Putin authorizes the "Demon" to track down terrorists
It is said that the authorization was given by Putin himself for the use of a computer program, already run ...
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16/10/15  |  Venturi Times
The strange Obama-Erdogan couple. Are USis and Turkey fighting ISIS?
The conversation between US President Barack Obama and Turkish Erdogan reiterates the common strategy in the Middle East ...
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16/10/15  |  Industry
New milestone for the NH90
The NH Industries consortium, on the occasion of the "NH90 Users Conference", delivered today, in Viterbo, the 250th ...
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16/10/15  |  History
Legendary undertaking of Commander Todaro - 16 October 1940: the rescue of the castaways of Kabalo
North Atlantic, 700 miles west of Madeira and 1000 miles away from the African coast: the ...
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16/10/15  |  History
16 OCTOBER 1916: Air attack on Punta Salvore and Rovinj
Four Italian and three French seaplanes take off to perform an offensive action towards Pula ...
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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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The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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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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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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