23/10/17 | Means
The "whim": a real school for military and civilian drivers
The nickname "mustache" was assigned to all the civil series which on the front grille had a showy chromed aluminum line placed across the air intake ...
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11/10/17 | Means
Bus and minibus between technological evolution, driving experiences and indelible memories
This time we will talk about more peaceful means, not from the front line, that is, those in the common language are buses and minibuses, while more correctly the code of the ...
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02/10/17 | Means
M113: ubiquitous on battlefields and memories of entire generations ...
"This car is a tank!", Who knows how many times we have heard or used this "association" of words, perhaps in reference to our old car thirsty for ...
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20/09/17 | Means
"Four wheels" of all-Italian strength, between technique and current events
A flagship of the Italian technological and mechanical tradition, an evolution of successes that come to us as a world leader in the motor vehicle since the postwar period ...
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19/09/17 | Means
F-117 Nighthawk: Night Hawk
The specifications that led to the birth of the F-117 were issued towards the end of the 70 years, even if the first studies and the first evaluations about the design of a ...
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11/09/17 | Means
Alfa Romeo "Alfetta": a great name for the institutions
Being able to express an opinion on such a prestigious brand as that of Alfa Romeo, is certainly not an everyday thing and probably would take much more space to give ...
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02/09/17 | Means
Fiat AR 51 / 76 Campagnola: a half-century history
Dear readers, this is it! I could no longer hold back the desire to give the right and deserved space to the unforgettable Fiat AR 76, the legendary "Campagnola", which from ...
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01/09/17 | Means
SM-6: The American response to Pyongyang's missile threat
The US missile program RIM-174 SM-6 ERAM (Extended Range Active Missile), developed by Raytheon, has reached full operational capability in the 2013 ....
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07/08/17 | Means
A chameleon named Iveco VM 90
Why "chameleon"? It is a metaphorical term to give the idea of how many mutations can take this project of ...
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28/07/17 | Means
Military vehicles and memories: the mythical ACLs and ACMs
We will deal over time with different aspects of military vehicles, past and present, but I would like to start ...
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27/07/17 | Means
KC-767A: the Aircraft Provider of the Italian Military Air Force
The 17 May 2011 took place in the 14 ° Fountain of Sea Practice Military Air Force Hangar, the ...
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25/07/17 | Means
Sukhoi Su-25: Soviet wagon hammer
Supporting the advance of government forces in Southeast Asia, against the militias of the Caliphate, the Russians ...
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01/06/17 | Means
All crazy for Kalibr, Putin's deterrent harpoon
In the attack of Russian naval units against Islamic State positions in Syria, missiles were used ...
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26/04/17 | Means
"Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier: la puissance française
The Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is the first Marine National surface unit of nuclear propulsion. THE'...
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20/04/17 | Means
USS Ronald Reagan: Technical Card of Second Nuclear Aircraft Carrier For Korea
The USS Ronald Reagan, the U.S. Navy's ninth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was launched at Newport News ...
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07/04/17 | Means
The Tomahawk Revenge
On the night between the 6 and the 7 April, the first US missile attack on Syrian territory took place ...
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14/01/16 | Means
"Technical failure" in the Persian Gulf: the "Riverine Command Boat" of the Marines
The affair between the United States and Iran, which kept us in suspense and which was resolved with the liberation ...
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08/01/16 | Means
H North Korean Bomb? The US sends Boeing WC-135 to Korea for verification
Following the 'alleged' test of a hydrogen bomb wanted by the head of the Pyongyang regime, Kim Jong-un, in Korea ...
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17/12/15 | Means
Online Defense, technical sheet: the Russian gunboat Hind, the "devil's cart"
l Mil Mi-24, code-named NATO: "Hind", is an AIFV (Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle) attack helicopter from Mil ...
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10/12/15 | Means
Online Defense, technical form: the T-90
The T-90A (K commando version, S export version) produced by Uralvagonzavod in the Nizhnyi Tagil plants, is the ...
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Events
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Publishing
The Lastampa "site" insults the "Difesa Online" newspaper
This morning friends and colleagues sent me an article signed by Francesco Grignetti regarding the Vannacci issue. From the text I learn that a "cultural movement" would be born...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Online Defense: the unpreparedness of the Italian armed forces in the Second World War
I am a recent reader of yours. Scrolling through some of your articles I couldn't help but notice the constant references to the unpreparedness of our armed forces in the second conflict...
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