21/02/22 | Ocean4Future
Concrete ships
There were times when, instead of using traditional materials such as steel or wood, ships were built in ferrocement (reinforced concrete). If on the one hand this ...
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14/02/22 | Ocean4Future
The story of the Halibut submarine, protagonist of many cold war mysteries
Among the most secret nuclear submarines of the US Navy, the USS Halibut is certainly among those that can boast a decidedly unique operational life. Born as ...
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07/02/22 | Ocean4Future
One of the most mysterious underwater searches of the Cold War: the recovery of the Soviet nuclear submarine K-129
The story began in March 1968 when a conventional Soviet Golf-class submarine crashed during a patrol mission in the Pacific Ocean, about ...
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19/01/22 | Ocean4Future
Lionel Crabb, a life lived adventurously
There are characters of the sea who have lived an adventurous life, leaving behind them an aura of mystery. Today we try to tell the story of Commander Lionel Crabb ...
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17/01/22 | Ocean4Future
The first take-off and landing in the history of a gyroplane? On an Italian military ship!
We are now used to seeing planes take off and land on aircraft carriers, at a fast pace, together with ultra-modern helicopters that take off with geometry once ...
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10/01/22 | Ocean4Future
The OTO AS 450 project
In July 1942, the OTO shipyard in Livorno proposed to the Italian Royal Navy the project of an innovative escort unit with a prevalent anti-submarine and anti-aircraft vocation ...
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20/12/21 | Ocean4Future
A forgotten act of heroism by a young USN officer who became president
On that moonless night, with engines off to avoid being intercepted, the young commander of the PT-109 torpedo boat found himself in a kinematic situation absolutely ...
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29/11/21 | Ocean4Future
Attack submarines… flying!
In the mid-30s, Russia began building a powerful fleet that included battleships, aircraft carriers and auxiliary ships as well as submarines. On the eve of the second war ...
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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 the Director
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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