12/05/25 | Story
Swedish Fighters: The Saab 35 Draken
The Saab 35 Draken was a Swedish-made supersonic fighter developed during the Cold War. In addition to the Swedish Air Force, it was also used by the...
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05/05/25 | Story
Soviet Fighters: The Mig-19
The MiG-19 fighter (NATO reporting name: Farmer) was an important Soviet-produced supersonic aircraft used during the Cold War. It is worth remembering that it was the first...
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30/04/25 | Story
Aldrich Ames, the mole who fooled the CIA
Aldrich H. Ames is remembered as one of the most damaging traitors in the history of American intelligence. A man who sold secrets to adversaries for money,...
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28/04/25 | Story
Interceptor Fighters: The Convair F-106 Delta Dart
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was a major supersonic interceptor fighter of the United States Air Force during the Cold War. The aircraft was produced by the company...
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22/04/25 | Story
Interceptor Fighters: The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a major American-made interceptor fighter used during the Cold War. It was also the first interceptor – made in...
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14/04/25 | Story
US Navy Fighters: The Vought F-8 Crusader
The Vought F-8 Crusader was a major American-produced carrier-based (supersonic) fighter aircraft used during the Cold War. The aircraft's primary users were...
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07/04/25 | Story
US Air Force Aircraft: The F-100
The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a major American single-engine, swept-wing jet fighter during the Cold War. The aircraft, during its...
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31/03/25 | Story
IJN Kongo: From the Vickers shipyards to the Pacific War (1913-1944)
It is more common than one might think that political changes and industrial dynamics overlap, giving rise to contradictory or at least paradoxical situations. To quote...
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24/03/25 | Story
Medium Tanks: The M47 Patton
The M47 Patton was an American medium tank produced in the early XNUMXs and used until the early XNUMXs.
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17/03/25 | Story
Post-traumatic stress disorder in the past: historical evidence and management in ancient Rome
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is now recognized as a psychological condition resulting from events...
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12/03/25 | Story
The "Toshiba-Kongsberg Scandal": A Timely Warning About Unpredictable Friends and Allies
In the 80s, at the height of the Cold War, an industrial and political scandal of international proportions shook the...
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10/03/25 | Story
Tanks of World War II: The M4 Sherman
The M4 Sherman was one of the most important and famous tanks used during World War II. In addition, the...
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28/02/25 | Story
Operation Cerberus: A Successful Retreat
The Channel Dash. This is how the English defined the – for them – embarrassing retreat maneuver...
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24/02/25 | Story
Naval Policies of the Second Half of the 19th Century: The Royal Navy
In the second half of the 19th century, the Navies experienced significant technological development, which...
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20/02/25 | Story
November 1896, the Lafolè massacre
In the summer of 1896, the Italian government planned an expedition into the interior of Somalia with the task of...
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10/02/25 | Story
"Capitani Romani" class light cruisers (12 units)
Atilius Regulus, Gaius Marius, Claudius Drusus, Claudius Tiberius, Cornelius Sulla, Julius Germanicus, Octavian Augustus, Paul...
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03/02/25 | Story
Soviet Fighters: The MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 was a fighter aircraft developed and operated by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The...
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28/01/25 | Story
Korea: The Laboratory of Modern Air Warfare
The outbreak of the Korean War on June 25, 1950, found the air forces that would participate in it in the midst of...
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27/01/25 | Story
The Origins of the Polish Army That Fought at Cassino
The II Polish Army Corps was born in a dramatic context, linked to mass deportations and persecutions...
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27/01/25 | Story
The bombers of the Royal Air Force: the Piaggio P.108
The Piaggio P.108 was a heavy bomber used by the Regia Aeronautica during the Second World War. The...
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Ariadna Pinto, symbol of repression in Venezuela under the Maduro regime
Ariadna Pinto was a very young Venezuelan of 20 years, arrested in August 2024 in the context of the post-election protests following the presidential election of President Nicolás Maduro....
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "The European Army Remains a Mirage"
Dear Director, during my now forty-year military career I have often found myself working side by side with military personnel from other nations, NATO and otherwise, in high-level operational contexts and...
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