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Junior Military Leaders: Values, Skills, and Professional Credibility
The training of Junior Military Leaders must combine ethical values, technical skills, and rigorous selection. An innova...
13 December 2025
Is the UK ready for war? The limits of UK defense and the uncomfortable mirror for Italy
With the war in Ukraine in its fifth year, doubts arise about the UK's ability to sustain a prolonged conflict with Russ...
10 December 2025
Artificial Intelligence at the Pentagon: Google for Office, Palantir for Operations.
The US Department of Defense has launched GenAI.mil, a platform for generative AI dedicated to military bureaucracy, wit...
10 December 2025
The New Army: Why Look to Latin America
Italy prepares a Defense reform with voluntary service and increased personnel. Minister Crosetto aims to recruit also f...
08 December 2025
Crosetto and the new US National Security Strategy: why Europe is no longer needed by Washington
Trump's National Security Strategy 2025 marks the US disengagement from Europe, seen as an area in decline and irrelevan...
07 December 2025
Giorgia Meloni defends the Army in the University of Bologna case: "Constitutional duties of the University violated". The University's response: "Educational model issues"
The refusal of the University of Bologna to activate a Philosophy course for Army Officers has sparked a heated debate....
01 December 2025
Everyone to Montecitorio: Crosetto, a pragmatic Minister, but it's not enough!
Guido Crosetto ha introdotto un approccio pragmatico alla Difesa, affrontando la possibilità di un conflitto e la necessità di riarmo come responsabilità di governo. La riforma prevede una riserva volontaria, l’aumento degli effettivi, il riconoscimento del dominio cyber, infrastrutture critiche più rapide e un’intelligence modernizzata. Persistono però rigidità burocratiche, comandi poco agili e scarsa meritocrazia: senza criteri chiari di valutazione, il cambiamento rischia di restare superfic
30 November 2025
RID, A2CS, PANTHER-IT and the Tactical Bubble
Future Italian armored vehicles, such as A2CS and PANTHER-IT, focus on digitalization, advanced sensors, and multi-level...
29 November 2025
When Drones Change the Face of War
The war in Ukraine has revolutionized the concept of defense: drones make trenches and tanks vulnerable, imposing new st...
29 November 2025
Gen. Masiello and the “Frozen Middle”: how to thaw the Army Center
27 November 2025
The Drone War is Won with the Support of Replicator-3
25 November 2025
Gen. C.A. Gaetano Zauner elected as President of USMIA Esercito
General Gaetano Zauner, former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, was unanimously elected President of USMIA – Esercito....
24 November 2025
StreamCaster NEXUS: the Individual Radio for Classified Data
23 November 2025
CFI and Training 2025: Why Certain Funds Are Needed for Those Who Train More
22 November 2025
Drones and Organized Violence: from Dystopian Sci-fi to the New Criminal Normal
16 November 2025
November 12, 2003 – November 12, 2025, remembering the fallen of Nassiriya
12 November 2025
November 11, 1961: 64 years since the Kindu massacre, the sacrifice of 13 Italian aviators on a peace mission
In 1961, thirteen Italian aviators were killed in Congo while operating for the UN, victims of suspicions and violence d...
11 November 2025
Drones: How 3D Printing Redefines the Logistic Power of the Army
30 October 2025
CODiAQ, the armed robot-dog for the battlefield (Video)
20 October 2025
Exclusive Interview with Incursore Luca Fois: From Special Forces to Conquering the Dolomites
14 October 2025
The podcast DEBRIEFING TALKS – STORIES OF SOLDIERS is born
14 October 2025
Best wishes to all the Paratroopers of Italy!
29 September 2025
Great success in Sassari for the presentation of the book “Forse Speciali – 100 giorni all’inferno” by Claudio Spinelli, the raider who trained astronauts
29 September 2025
Sassari, September 27: presentation of the book “FORSE SPECIALI – 100 GIORNI ALL’INFERNO” by Claudio Spinelli
22 September 2025