19/10/15  |  Military world
ISIS: used in Iraq, the first Chinese combat drone
The Iraqis tested their first drone in battle against the Islamic State in the province of Anbar. There is only a little curiosity: the drone is a CH -...
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19/10/15  |  Missions
Kosovo: Command to the Command of the MSU Carabinieri Regiment
A ceremony was held a few days ago for the change of command to the Multinational Specialized Unit (MSU) regiment, a unit of the Carabinieri Corps working on the whole ...
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19/10/15  |  Terra
Bad weather emergency in Benevento
The intervention of the Italian Army continues unabated with the soldiers and vehicles of the 21st mastery engineers regiment of Caserta in the municipalities of Benevento, affected by the emergency ...
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19/10/15  |  Missions
Lebanon: "Genoa cavalry" (4 °) gives the command to "Nice Cavalry" (1 °)
This morning, at the Italian base of Al Mansouri, the ceremony of changing the units to the leadership of ITALBATT was held. In the presence of the Sector West commander of ...
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19/10/15  |  Letters to the Director
Paracarro beats commemorative memorial 2 to ZERO
It is certainly a particular title, the one I have chosen, but certainly less vulgar and free from the risk of having to pay royalties, than the phrase
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19/10/15  |  Insights
The crime of capturing hostages
The 18 December 1979, in New York, the International Convention against the capture of hostages was signed, then ratified by Italy only six years later with the 26 Law ...
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19/10/15  |  Military world
Syria: eliminated leaders of the Khorasan group, the chosen terrorists of al Qaeda
Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi citizen whose real name is Abdul Mohsen Adballah Ibrahim al Charekh, a leading figure of the Khorasan Group who moved to Syria, was eliminated ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ... is signed in a room of the Palace Hotel in Ouchy near Lausanne
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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 it actually is ...
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17/10/15  |  History
17 OCTOBER 1916: The Nimbus sunk
Tuesday - The Bormida steamer with troops on board leaves Valona for Brindisi shortly after midnight escorted by ...
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17/10/15  |  History
17 OCTOBER 1864: Minister's call to save on fuel
Monday - The minister invites the naval commandos not to use the machines during the navigations but the sail 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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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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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

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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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 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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