28/12/21  |  Military world
NATO still fears the aging MIG-31. Why is the Foxhound considered the "terrible old man"?
Five years after the stable return to the Middle East with its own stable military base in Syria, although the total percentages of Russian arms exports are ...
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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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18/12/21  |  Military world
Forty years of Blackjack
On November 25, 1981, an American spy satellite transmitted unclear images of a large bomber, with variable geometry wings, parked at the experimental center of ...
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18/12/21  |  Military world
Germany could return to the F-35A
The coalition supporting the new German government wanted to reaffirm Germany's full adherence to NATO's nuclear planning. A due act given the reports ...
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15/12/21  |  Means
Army maintenance: ingenuity and functionality. An anecdote ...
Although the reorganization of the Armed Forces and in particular the Army has changed or replaced several tasks with more advanced ones, what is left of the planned process ...
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11/12/21  |  Military world
The eyes of the Guardia di Finanza: flying with the P-72B
In the last decade the Mediterranean sea has assumed a centrality in what we could define a "problematic chessboard", that is a particularly geopolitical context ...
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07/12/21  |  Means
VTLM Lince 2: the "monster" is back!
It was 14 years ago that I saw the first photos of the effects of an explosion on a Lynx. I was at the CASD (Centro Alti Studi della Difesa) when he came to paint the ...
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07/12/21  |  Military world
The Italian missions in Iraq and Kuwait: a strategic presence
On November 26, the visit of the Hon. Matteo Perego di Cremnago, member of the Defense Committee of the Chamber, and of the air squad general Silvano Frigerio, ...
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06/12/21  |  Military world
ACISMOM and drones, a winning combination
The "new course" of the special auxiliary military corps of the Italian Army ACISMOM (Association of ...
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01/12/21  |  Military world
ZALA Aero's Lancet 3 Russian loitering munition
The Lancet 3 is a loitering munition produced by ZALA Aero subsidiary of the Kalashnikov group and evolution of the ...
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01/12/21  |  Means
The secrets of the shotgun: heel, toe and a lot of sensitivity
It was April '89, and I was in Rome in the AUC battalion and volunteers at the Giuseppe Perotti barracks, headquarters ...
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29/11/21  |  Military world
The selection and training of the raiders: once upon a time there was the 80 / B course
This article presents technical, specific and "real life" information thanks to the collaboration of a former ...
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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 ships ...
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24/11/21  |  Military world
The Green Berets in the war with China
Over the past twenty years, the US Special Forces (and beyond) have trained and operated in a context ...
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23/11/21  |  Military world
November 21, 2021: the carabinieri celebrate their protector also in Palestine
There is no place where the soldiers of the Carabinieri do not celebrate their patron saint and protector. Also in...
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22/11/21  |  Means
Pigeons with stars, the ancestors of drones
The military has a long history of employing faithful animal friends. Embedded in similar ways ...
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16/11/21  |  Military world
Egyptian armed forces interested in Ukrainian-made MLRS Vilkha-M
According to various sources in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) area, the armed forces of Cairo ...
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15/11/21  |  Means
Bersaglieri cyclists: fast and innovative
Being assigned to the Bersaglieri specialty during the military portended twelve months to be spent running to ...
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12/11/21  |  Military world
Bison Counter 2021: the anti IED exercise
The multinational exercise Bison Counter 24 was held in Sardinia from 5 October to 2021 November. Numerous Teams ...
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12/11/21  |  Military world
The Special Forces
“You are not a special department just because you have a glorious, epic past, nor is the adjective special enough ...
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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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