14/03/22  |  Military world
The "orcs" in Ukraine. The Russian choice of employing paramilitaries and mercenaries
The final offensive for the conquest of Kiev always seems to be on the verge of being launched and, nevertheless, the "preparation" that aims to wear down the defensive organization is incessant ...
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12/03/22  |  Military world
Analysis on the progress of the second week of war in Ukraine (first part)
Continuing the analysis produced last week, we now continue our effort to monitor the current war in Ukraine by evaluating what has happened in the course ...
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10/03/22  |  Military world
The A2 / AD bubble of Kaliningrad
With the Russian attack on Ukrainian territory, fears of the ancestral enemy have flared up in Poland. However, the Poles already have the Russians very close, we are ...
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09/03/22  |  Military world
Italian aircraft on the Romanian-Ukrainian border
In these two weeks of war, the activities of the air forces of the countries of the Alliance were not lacking. The Air Force is also active in the region, not only with the ...
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09/03/22  |  Military world
SMD wants the "cruise" but in the infantry regiments they still use the SRCM!
The interview of 6 March, released to la Repubblica by the head of SMD, Admiral Cavo Dragone, is yet another demonstration that few in Italy have really noticed the end ...
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05/03/22  |  Military world
The "hybrid" dimension of conventional warfare in Ukraine
In the final part of my previous article, the disturbing figures of the kadyrovsty, the paramilitaries who take their name from the ...
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03/03/22  |  Ocean4Future
Mine alarm in the Black Sea?
Historically, naval mines have always been a serious threat to maritime traffic for both military and civilian units. Although their use is concentrated in ...
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03/03/22  |  Military world
Analysis of the progress of the first week of the war in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, at 4.00 am in Italy, with a pre-recorded message addressed to both the nation and the rest of the world, the president of the Federation ...
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02/03/22  |  Means
Means and (outdated) systems in the Ukrainian conflict
It is quite impressive to observe the tactical means dealt with over the years now engaged in a conflict. Of course,...
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01/03/22  |  Military world
War in Ukraine. An analysis of the early days of combat
The analysis carried out on the balance of power between Russia and Ukraine on a military level (including the estimate of the types of ...
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28/02/22  |  Military world
The reform of the Russian land instrument
The powerful and efficient land war machine that is now imposing itself in the confrontation in Ukraine is not the result ...
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26/02/22  |  Means
Terminator: the tank for urban combat
The images that come to us from the Ukrainian fronts show how the future operational scenarios, described only a few years ago ...
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25/02/22  |  Military world
Ukraine to the test of fire: resistance or surrender? (Part Three)
We have thus finished the examination of the complex of forces that make up the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Next to...
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25/02/22  |  Military world
Ukraine to the test of fire: resistance or surrender? (second part)
The second component of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is the Air Force, already partially touched upon in the analysis ...
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25/02/22  |  Military world
Ukraine to the test of fire: resistance or surrender? (first part)
Not long ago we had produced an analysis called "Swarm of Fire" in which we had traced the outlines of ...
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23/02/22  |  Military world
Rheinmetall Lynx 120 instead of the Ariete wagons?
During the last period of the Cold War, the Western Powers developed and built MBTs from the crowd ...
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23/02/22  |  Military world
European army: a road leading to the Elysée?
The Russian-Ukrainian crisis has awakened the pro-European upsurge for the constitution of a common Union army ...
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21/02/22  |  Ocean4Future
Concrete ships
There were times when, instead of using traditional materials such as steel or wood, ships were built ...
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18/02/22  |  Military world
The Japanese Navy tests F-35Bs on the Izumo helicopter carrier
It is strange how historical courses and resorts chase each other, on the seas of the world ... since the end of the Second World War many ...
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15/02/22  |  Military world
Russian-Ukrainian crisis: a military analysis on the risks of escalation
The most recent studies on Russian tactics have focused on operations carried out in the Crimea, Eastern Ukraine and ...
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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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