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Beyond the Land Domain: Is Cyber the New Front of Modern Warfare?
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Beyond the Land Domain: Is Cyber the New Front of Modern Warfare?

Per secoli, la superiorità militare è dipesa principalmente dal controllo del territorio. Oggi, la capacità di protegger...

15 October 2026

Hands Off the Armed Forces: Military Unions Must Stop the FLC-CGIL/Emilia-Romagna’s Ideological Attack
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Hands Off the Armed Forces: Military Unions Must Stop the FLC-CGIL/Emilia-Romagna’s Ideological Attack

La FLC-CGIL dell'Emilia-Romagna ha chiesto all'Ufficio Scolastico Regionale di revocare le convenzioni con l'Esercito It...

15 October 2026

Journalists in the Storm of Cognitive Warfare: Between Digital Trenches, Drones, and the Crisis of War Reporting
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Journalists in the Storm of Cognitive Warfare: Between Digital Trenches, Drones, and the Crisis of War Reporting

Dal fronte ucraino a Gaza, i reporter affrontano rischi fisici e una guerra cognitiva che mescola informazione, propagan...

14 October 2026

Airborne MG: IAI and SIG SAUER successfully test the "Fire Storm 250"
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Airborne MG: IAI and SIG SAUER successfully test the "Fire Storm 250"

IAI e SIG SAUER hanno completato un test a fuoco vivo del FIRE STORM 250, drone VTOL armato con mitragliatrice M250. Il...

13 October 2026

An Example for Us All: Astronaut Parmitano’s Extraordinary Ironman
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An Example for Us All: Astronaut Parmitano’s Extraordinary Ironman

Luca Parmitano, colonnello pilota sperimentatore dell’Aeronautica Militare e astronauta dell’ESA, ha concluso domenica i...

13 October 2026

The Common Man: The Strategy of Russian Espionage
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The Common Man: The Strategy of Russian Espionage

Con la riduzione dei diplomatici russi in Europa, SVR e GRU avrebbero rafforzato l'impiego di illegali, agenti sotto fal...

10 October 2026

Act or Die: Why Close-Quarters Combat in Urban Areas Is Essential for Compagnie Fucilieri
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Act or Die: Why Close-Quarters Combat in Urban Areas Is Essential for Compagnie Fucilieri

In Ucraina e nella Striscia di Gaza droni, guerra elettronica e intelligenza artificiale convivano con scontri in trince...

09 October 2026

From Satellite Swarms to New Space Frontiers: A Major Opportunity for Argotec?
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From Satellite Swarms to New Space Frontiers: A Major Opportunity for Argotec?

La NASA valuta l'uso di sciami di 10.000 femtosatelliti per esplorare Saturno, accettando perdite elevate pur di penetra...

08 October 2026

Robot Soldiers: The War of the Future Has Already Begun, from Ukrainian UGVs to the First Man-Machine Units
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Robot Soldiers: The War of the Future Has Already Begun, from Ukrainian UGVs to the First Man-Machine Units

I “soldati robot” sono già realtà: UGV cingolati, ruotati e quadrupedi trasportano munizioni, evacuano feriti, posano mi...

03 October 2026

Defense belongs to the Italian People. Deserters did not make the Resistance
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Defense belongs to the Italian People. Deserters did not make the Resistance

Machiavelli, Rousseau e Mazzini sostengono che la difesa della comunità spetta ai cittadini e che l'Esercito di popolo è...

03 October 2026

From Mogadishu to Hollywood: Keith Jones, the Star 41 pilot who played himself in Black Hawk Down during the battle of October 3, 1993
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From Mogadishu to Hollywood: Keith Jones, the Star 41 pilot who played himself in Black Hawk Down during the battle of October 3, 1993

Il 3 ottobre 1993 Keith Jones, pilota del 160th SOAR, scese dal Little Bird Star 41 sotto il fuoco dei miliziani somali...

02 October 2026

Women and Special Forces: A Difficult Relationship Between Extreme Selection and Legal Battles
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Women and Special Forces: A Difficult Relationship Between Extreme Selection and Legal Battles

Le donne possono ormai accedere a molte Forze Speciali occidentali, ma tra apertura formale e qualifica operativa resta...

01 October 2026

U.S. Air Force: $64 Million for Secret Stratospheric Balloon Project
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U.S. Air Force: $64 Million for Secret Stratospheric Balloon Project

L’U.S. Air Force investe 64,4 milioni nel progetto segreto “Swamp Gas”: palloni stratosferici capaci di restare in quota...

29 September 2026

Val Susa, fundraiser to restore vandalized monument. The initiative of Paratrooper Vincenzo Palumbo
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Val Susa, fundraiser to restore vandalized monument. The initiative of Paratrooper Vincenzo Palumbo

Dopo l’atto vandalico al monumento dei Paracadutisti a Susa, in Piemonte, Vincenzo Palumbo, Presidente della Sezione ANP...

28 September 2026

Ustica massacre: war in the skies and fighter jets on a mission. Paris opens operational archives; prosecutors halt case closure
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Ustica massacre: war in the skies and fighter jets on a mission. Paris opens operational archives; prosecutors halt case closure

Parigi apre gli archivi militari sulla strage di Ustica: registri di missione e radar potrebbero chiarire lo scontro nei...

28 September 2026

Between a faltering U.S. umbrella and political paralysis: the existential challenge facing Italian defense
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Between a faltering U.S. umbrella and political paralysis: the existential challenge facing Italian defense

Tra crisi dell’ombrello USA, fragilità europea e paralisi politica, l’Italia rischia di restare senza una strategia di s...

27 September 2026

Africa’s Space Challenge Unites the Continent - Strategic Opportunities for Italy
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Africa’s Space Challenge Unites the Continent - Strategic Opportunities for Italy

Con l’African Space Agency l’Africa punta a sovranità tecnologica e sviluppo. Per l’Italia si apre una partita strategic...

27 September 2026

Defense Boom and Orbital Autonomy: the Industrial Response Between Planet Labs’ Global Expansion and Italy’s Space Supply Chain
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Defense Boom and Orbital Autonomy: the Industrial Response Between Planet Labs’ Global Expansion and Italy’s Space Supply Chain

Planet Labs raddoppia la produzione di satelliti a Berlino spinta dalla domanda della difesa europea. L’Italia risponde...

25 September 2026

The Legendary Paddy Mayne: the Irish Lion Indomitable Heart of the SAS
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The Legendary Paddy Mayne: the Irish Lion Indomitable Heart of the SAS

Paddy Mayne, il leggendario fondatore del SAS britannico: da campione di rugby a guerriero inarrestabile nel Nord Africa...

24 September 2026

Italian Army, after Masiello in 2027: what profile will be needed for the new Chief of Staff
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Italian Army, after Masiello in 2027: what profile will be needed for the new Chief of Staff

Nel febbraio 2027 scadrà il mandato del Generale Carmine Masiello. Il suo successore dovrà completare una trasformazione...

21 September 2026

Defense, Constitution and Country: that Sacred Duty that cannot be dismissed with slogans
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Defense, Constitution and Country: that Sacred Duty that cannot be dismissed with slogans

La Costituzione italiana non è uno slogan da talk show. Il suo articolo 52 sul sacro dovere di difesa della Patria, cond...

21 September 2026

The Day of the 650,000 Italian Soldiers Interned in Nazi Camps
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The Day of the 650,000 Italian Soldiers Interned in Nazi Camps

In vista della 2ª Giornata degli Internati italiani nei campi di concentramento tedeschi, Montecitorio ha ricordato, all...

19 September 2026

Insults to the President of the Republic on social media: criticism is free, offense is a crime. Numerous convictions already handed down in recent years
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Insults to the President of the Republic on social media: criticism is free, offense is a crime. Numerous convictions already handed down in recent years

Dopo la pubblicazione del nostro articolo sulla visita del Presidente Mattarella all'esercitazione di Monte Romano, sui...

18 September 2026

The Super-EU with Canada: the transatlantic axis reshaping global balances
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The Super-EU with Canada: the transatlantic axis reshaping global balances

L'Unione Europea inaugura una nuova era geopolitica accogliendo il Canada come primo Stato membro associato. La mossa, a...

17 September 2026

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