02/10/23 | Military world
Uniforms... space!
The uniform has always been influenced by civilian fashion, even in its more modern functional designs. Maybe our contemporaries don't notice it, but now we smile in front of...
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02/10/23 | Military world
The Craft of Arms
In 1526 Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, one of the most skilled and courageous soldiers this land has ever created, died in Mantua. Beyond the devastating reverberation that this event...
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29/09/23 | Military world
Assignment 30A: "Assault Rifleman"
My father was a very wise man. Among the things he decided to explain to me, one is still part of the rules I follow today: you don't go around armed if you aren't willing to use it a...
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26/09/23 | Military world
SPARTA IV, Oboronlogistics and Russian strategic logistics in the Black Sea
The Russian Defense Ministry continues to manipulate the international legal system with impunity. An example is provided by the Oboronlogistics fleet and the SPARTA IV (IMO:...
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16/09/23 | Military world
"Our smart weapon"
The image depicted a camouflaged Marine with his M40 Remington sniper rifle. This is, still today, the most effective recruitment advertising campaign ever...
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14/09/23 | Military world
BAM nobiscum!
88 years after the arrival of the SRCM 35 - which still seem to occupy the majority of the barracks' ammunition reserves - some good news arrives: the production of...
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13/09/23 | Military world
Beretta's new NARP: better late than never?
"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this is mine. My rifle is my best friend. I have to shoot my rifle well. I have to shoot better than the enemy...
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08/09/23 | Military world
Doctor Strangelove 2.0 or how to be projected into the past
In the framework of the hybrid warfare strategy implemented by the Kremlin in the ongoing conflict against Ukraine and, indirectly, against NATO and the West, one of the topics...
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06/09/23 | Military world
The mystery of the Sarmat missile and its possible implications on the New START Treaty
A few days ago, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, announced the entry into service of the...
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04/09/23 | Military world
Has China developed a new technology to detect the presence of submarines?
A few days ago the news appeared in several international online journals that the scientists of the Chinese "...
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30/08/23 | Military world
Space: Geopolitics, Economy and Defence
On October 4, 1957, with the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union, we began to look at the...
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25/08/23 | Means
The personality of the MUV 4x4: with us it is unknown, in Sweden it is a reality
Does talking about the "personality" of a car still make sense today? The opinions of potential buyers are actually...
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17/08/23 | Military world
August 16: National Airborne Day
Several rallies were held across the United States to celebrate National Airborne Day on August 16th. The...
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11/08/23 | Means
The super-blinds in the service of the Narcos
They have an operational organization equal to an armed force, a lot of money and popular support which translates into…
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08/08/23 | Ocean4Future
Here is MAGURA V5. Will it be a new nightmare for the Russian Black Sea Fleet?
In 1938, tiny flat-bottomed motorboats (technically called M...
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07/08/23 | Ocean4Future
The tradition of the earring in the ancient marineries
Reading various texts and consulting the web, it happens to come across the most varied theories on why sailors, in the...
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02/08/23 | Military world
Taiwan and Ukraine linked by a thread of funding. And not only...
Apparently from press reports, US President Biden will ask Congress to finance armaments to…
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31/07/23 | Ocean4Future
How climate change is affecting NATO policies
Reading here and there in the media, one often reads incorrect information, distorted by ideological prejudices that do not...
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27/07/23 | Means
From SUPERAV 8X8 to VBA for the Navy
In reality it's just a matter of getting used to the automatic gearbox even if the right hand occasionally falls between the seats...
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26/07/23 | Military world
"Spetzpropaganda" in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
By adhering to the “hybrid warfare” model, the Russians have introduced the use of infowar on an unprecedented scale…
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Events
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Who will draw the short toothpick?
In today's meeting of the Council of Ministers, the issue of the nomination of the highest military head of Defense could be resolved. If years ago the candidates in the running for the nomination were...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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