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 "Italianized" version to equip the Italian Army were...
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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 you want to replicate something known the challenges are more...
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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 the spotlight of the international community. Theater of rivalries and...
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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, which began in April, has regained great momentum...
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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 someone who is genetically and politically fearful, as well as troubled......
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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 kinetic phases end in clashes of materials, which...
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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 specific aspects such as the problematic relationship with China...
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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 four months of intense training involving...
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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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15/05/24 | Ocean4Future
A Very Special Manta Ray: DARPA's Underwater Drone Revolution
Why change or rather not take inspiration from successful evolutionary solutions, developed over millions of years since...
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09/05/24 | Ocean4Future
A strange underwater boat: the Sub Marine Explorer
The Sub Marine Explorer, one of only five known diving vessels built before 1870, was designed,…
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02/05/24 | Military world
Major trends in Western tank armor
The war in Ukraine essentially proved right those who argued that the traditional tank remained central...
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24/04/24 | Military world
Evolution of the threat in maritime scenarios
The worsening of the Middle Eastern crisis, following the terrorist attack of 7 October 2023, led to the...
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18/04/24 | Military world
The French Navy carries out a double simultaneous launch of naval cruise missiles for the first time
The French Navy today conducted, for the first time, the simultaneous launch of two cruise missiles...
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18/04/24 | Military world
Argentina takes first step towards partnership with NATO
NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană met today with Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri...
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15/04/24 | Military world
Strategy, revenge and hidden diplomacy: war, despite everything, is still an art
"The Israeli attack will not go unanswered. Iran's revenge is inevitable and Tehran will decide how and when...
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09/04/24 | Military world
US Defense accelerates production of US Navy units
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the US Navy underlined, during a panel discussion at the expo...
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Faces and U-turns. Ukraine between Holiness and Prostitution
From the Book of Sirach Sir 27,5-8 (NV) [gr. 27,4-7] When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains; so when a man argues, the defects are revealed. The potter's vessels are tested by the...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Save the Navy!"
Dear Director, We kindly ask you to publish this letter, which is as open as it is heartfelt and truthful, concerning the need to “save” the Navy from a situation...
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