29/08/15  |  History
29 August 1913: The Historical Office of the Navy is born
Friday - A historical office has been set up at the Ministry of Staff of the Ministry to carry out studies of a historical nature that in any case interest the Navy ...
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29/08/15  |  History
29 August 1870: The Navy replaces the old rifles
Monday - Following changes in the individual equipment, the picket service on board will be carried out with 1868 model rifles or recharging rifles. THE...
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28/08/15  |  Military world
F-35: in 2018 comparative tests with the A-10, the Thunderbolt II makes history
The technological, elegant and non-armored F-35 can carry out the same missions as the armored, rough and bad A-10 Thunderbolt II? The fierce diatribe between Congress and the Pentagon ...
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28/08/15  |  Military world
The "pacified" Japan ventures a war name for the last vessel of the Navy
At 70 years after the capitulation as the last Axis belligerent country, and a few weeks after the controversial anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic strike, Japan decided to ...
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28/08/15  |  Missions
Italy organizes courses and donates fishing materials to the Somali population
Yesterday, at the Old Port of Mogadishu, the Italian soldiers of the National Support Element donated to the local fishermen's cooperative "HIBO Fishery Cooperative" ...
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28/08/15  |  Terra
Joint training between Italian and US Ranger departments
The Rangers of the 4 ° Alpine Paratroopers Regiment have successfully completed, in the context of the multinational exercise "Swift Response", a series of complex ...
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28/08/15  |  Heaven
Joint exercise between AM and Coast Guard
On Wednesday 19 August, a flight crew from the 80th SAR (Search and Rescue) Combat Center in Decimomannu (CA), belonging to the 15 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force led to ...
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28/08/15  |  Seaside
La Spezia, inauguration of the Maritime Festival
The Maritime Festival opened last night in La Spezia. Now in its fourth edition, the important event on the culture of the sea will be held from 27 to 30 in August and ...
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28/08/15  |  Terra
"Safe Roads": paratroopers intervene and stop a drug "courier"
In the central Via Magnolfi in Prato, an Army patrol has intercepted and stopped a ...
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28/08/15  |  Military world
US defense: the B-3 will be able to fly over Chinese airspace for one hour
The future B-3 may be able to reach Chinese airspace and fly over it for more than an hour. ...
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28/08/15  |  Military world
ISIS, conquered 5 villages: if Marea falls, in Turkey the next targets?
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, intense fighting took place in the last 48 hours between ...
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28/08/15  |  History
28 August 1869: La Spezia Arsenal inaugurated
Saturday - In Spezia the major general of the Genio Navale Domenico Chiodo, after the blessing imparted by Monsignor ...
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27/08/15  |  Missions
The "Baltic Frontier" Air Defense mission concluded
With the Ammaina flag ceremony, it ended today, at the air base in Šiauliai in Lithuania, home of the TFA ...
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27/08/15  |  Terra
Specialists of the 21 ° Regiment engineering genius intervene to remove a German mine
Army bomb disposal personnel intervened yesterday at the municipality of San Valentino Torio (SA) for the reclamation of ...
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27/08/15  |  Military world
ISIS: CIA Drone eliminates high-profile English hackers
A CIA drone has eliminated one of the best British hackers in the service of the Islamic State. The raid happened ...
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27/08/15  |  Analysis
High tension between Venezuela and Colombia
High Voltage between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Colombia in this end of August, in which the two governments ...
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27/08/15  |  Military world
Russia, "Mistral" case: Paris compensates Moscow, India ready to buy the two ships
Russia will not have its Mistral ships. A few weeks ago, in a private meeting between Russian President Vladimir ...
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27/08/15  |  Military world
Russia, the heir of the MiG-29 appears: it will be based on the 1.44 demonstrator
The new project is inspired by the Mikoyan 1.44 (NATO code name "Flatpack"). What will prove to be a ...
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27/08/15  |  History
27 August 1896: The observation of the Volturno in the short Anglo-Zanzibar war
Thursday - The gunboat Volturno under the command of the frigate captain Francesco Mongiardini, participates in Zanzibar in ...
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26/08/15  |  Missions
Solidarity of the Italian military for the children of Kosovo
Some of the Italian soldiers in Kosovo in recent days have given life to an initiative called "A day with ...
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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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