10/07/24  |  Military world
Speech by General Carmine Masiello at the 40th anniversary ceremony of the establishment of the Lagoon specialty
Civil, religious, military authorities, kind guests, I extend greetings from the Italian Army to all. Our heartfelt thanks for joining us today to commemorate...
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09/07/24  |  Military world
NATO summit: no "southern front" without spending commitments
The international primacy of the United States, fresh from the "lost decade" of the failure to implement Obama's "Pivot to Asia", the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the challenge...
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08/07/24  |  Means
Further information: manual, automatic and robotic gearboxes, there is too much confusion
In the "Media" column of Difesa Online, we examined the development and functioning of the automatic transmission, highlighting its growing adoption both in the military and...
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02/07/24  |  Military world
Some reflections on drones: towards abandoning human-in-the-loop
One of the emblematic characteristics of the Russian-Ukrainian war is that it, to use the words of the journalist of "Il Foglio", Cecilia Sala, is "a war of 1914,...
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30/06/24  |  Military world
The US closes the gaps at hypersonic speed
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Navy and Army conducted a successful flight test of a hypersonic missile* at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai...
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28/06/24  |  Means
The Odd Couple: Fright and Surprise
Among the most notable memories of our visit to the latest edition of Eurosatory in Paris (the largest international land defense exhibition), first place goes to...
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25/06/24  |  Means
Innovations and strategies at Eurosatory 2024: Allison Transmission in the spotlight
The 26th edition of the Eurosatory fair in Paris (13-17 June) concluded successfully, hosting over 1.700 exhibitors and attracting 62.000 visitors from all over the world in...
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20/06/24  |  Means
Rheinmetall presents the KF2024-U at Eurosatory 51 (VIDEO!)
Rheinmetall presented the new KF17-U tank, equipped with an unmanned turret, at Eurosatory 51 on Monday 2024 June. The main armament is a...
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12/06/24  |  Military world
MBT for Italy: if not the Leopard, why not the Merkava?
The negotiations between Leonardo and KNDS for the development of the Leopard 2A8 tank in its "Italian" or "...
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11/06/24  |  Military world
X-GUN: the innovative 30mm counter UAS "sniper".
The development of a 30mm is not a simple gamble, it involves years of confirmations, unexpected events and failures. If...
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10/06/24  |  Military world
Geopolitics of the Red Sea
The Red Sea, a thin strip of sea that separates two continents from desert shores, is increasingly under...
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07/06/24  |  Military world
The second Russian offensive campaign. The end of the conflict or a race towards its expansion?
End of May 2024. Two years and three months after the start of the invasion, the spring offensive of Russian forces,...
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06/06/24  |  Military world
Message to Putin from the Pentagon?
While in Europe we tremble over the "understandable" continuous nuclear threats from Moscow (if they have effects on anyone,...
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04/06/24  |  Military world
Why the Ukrainian resistance cannot turn into a “guerrilla war”
The main feature of the Ukrainian conflict is its essence of "war of attrition". In other words, the phases...
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03/06/24  |  Military world
Can we talk about cooperation and peace in the Indo-Pacific?
The Republic of China-Taiwan is a democratic country very well known internationally mainly for...
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31/05/24  |  Military world
Steadfast Defender 2024: the largest NATO exercise in decades concluded today
Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO's largest live exercise in decades, ends today, after...
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24/05/24  |  Military world
The B-21 Raider begins flight tests
After its official presentation, on December 2, 2022, the B-21 Raider began flight tests at the Base...
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23/05/24  |  Means
In the future only tactical "EVs"? Journey between the past and technical solutions
The electrification of vehicles, we know, creates a rift among endothermic purists, mostly convinced that...
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22/05/24  |  Military world
Artificial Intelligence in Israel's war on Hamas
There was a lot of talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the war in Gaza a few months ago, in the aftermath of the...
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20/05/24  |  Ocean4Future
The morality of autonomous drones
As technology evolves, drones are becoming more and more autonomous so the perspective of a fighter...
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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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In Defense of Cecilia Sala: Reflections on Justice and (Juvenile) Opinions in Freedom
The news of the arrest and detention of Cecilia Sala in the homeland prisons of the happy Islamic Republic of Iran, now belongs to the past news. Far from sharing the whys and the...
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