13/09/15  |  History
13 September 1915: war bulletin
"The French submarine Papin, attached to our naval forces, torpedoed the current 9 day in the middle Adriatic, at Cape Planka, a group of Austrian torpedo boats, ...
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13/09/15  |  History
13 September 1881: Last unit in service in Tunis to provide assistance and protection to the Italian colony
Tuesday - The battleship Castelfidardo under the command of vessel captain Augusto Conti sets sail from Naples to Sfax where the 16 arrives to replace the battleship Regina Maria Pia ....
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12/09/15  |  Military world
Syria: Moscow sends armed drones, fighter-bombers and combat units from Ukraine
The Russians are supposed to send troops from the same brigade that helped to annex the Crimea to Syria. The decision, if confirmed, would make sense: Moscow would have opted for ...
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12/09/15  |  Venturi Times
Damascus and the American blind alley
When the Lion of Damascus Hafez al-Assad, father of the current Syrian president, took power, his future seemed to have already been written. Just defeated in the Six Day War ...
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12/09/15  |  Insights
The 55 years of the National Aerobatic Team from another point of view
55 years: if you were talking about a person, you could think of a mature woman or man, who sees his children getting closer to the moment in which they will have to take over his ...
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12/09/15  |  History
12 September 1909: First Italian airplane pilot license
Sunday - On the Centocelle airfield after a six-hour practical training course on a Wright brothers' Flyer aircraft, invited to Italy by the Royal Club Aviatori ...
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11/09/15  |  Military world
Syria: the Russians take action, in the next few hours they could fight against ISIS
Russia will continue to provide military equipment to enhance the defense capabilities of the Syrian regular army. This is what the minister said a few minutes ago ...
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11/09/15  |  Terra
Changes to the Viterbo Army Air Force
Today took place at the hangar Tucano of the 1 ° Aviation Regiment of the "Antares" Army, chaired by the commander col. Stefano Silvestrini, the ceremony of changing the ...
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11/09/15  |  Terra
Anti-aircraft artillery in Crete
A few days ago, in Crete (Greece), at the Nato Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) polygon, a ...
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11/09/15  |  Terra
"Safe Roads": soldiers intervene following a theft
An Italian Army patrol, while guarding some sensitive sites in central Milan, has ...
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11/09/15  |  Military world
Al-Qaeda declares war on Isis, but the enemy of my enemy is not my friend
On the day when the world remembers the attack on the Twin Towers, an audio was released in which, the leader of al -...
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11/09/15  |  Military world
Russia, Bulava: three launches within the next two months. Borey class in deterrent service in December?
Three Bulava missiles will be launched within the next two months by strategic submarines 'Vladimir Monomakh' (photo) ...
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11/09/15  |  History
11 September 1907: Regina Elena ship enters service
Wednesday - The battleship Regina comes into service at the command of captain Giovanni Boet in La Spezia ...
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11/09/15  |  History
11 September 1900: The Polar Star concludes the Arctic campaign
Tuesday - The Stella Polare schooner enters Kristiania concluding the Arctic campaign. Important ...
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10/09/15  |  Military world
Syria: seven Russian cargo planes landed, could be a prelude to a powerful land force
A formation consisting of seven Russian An-124s landed at the Latakia air base, a port city on the Mediterranean ...
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10/09/15  |  Military world
China: two more aircraft carriers in production
According to the latest Taiwan Ministry of Defense report on the abilities of the People's Liberation Army (...
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10/09/15  |  Missions
Djibouti: The Italian Military Support Base provides healthcare equipment
In recent days, the staff of the Italian Military Support Base (BMIS) donated to the local hospital ...
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10/09/15  |  Heaven
Command Change at the 16 ° Stormo
Thursday 3 September, at the headquarters of the 16 ° Stormo "Protection of the Forces" of the Military Air Force of Martina Franca ...
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10/09/15  |  Industry
The next multirole amphibious unit of the Navy
The Navy proceeds with its inexorable modernization. Concurrent with the FREMM program, the shot from ...
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10/09/15  |  Analysis
The Syrian chessboard and masochistic interventionism
Very little was enough for Europe (and the world) to suddenly remember that the Islamic State in Syria ...
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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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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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