Analisi difesa number 39
Defense Analisys
Nr. 39
- ITALIAN PRESIDENCY PLANS FOR ESDP
by Daniela Manca , European Security Review October 2003 - While signing the new Constitutional Treaty in Rome in December 2003 is the priority of the Italian Presidency, the development of ESDP comes a close second. According to the Italian Preside...
001 - ITALIAN ANALYSIS
- ITALIAN PRESIDENCY PLANS FOR ESDP
- A SINGLE MILITARY HEADQUARTER FOR THE EU?
The need for an independent EU military Headquarter is one of the main topics of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). This is a crucial problem especially when EU-led operations are conducted without the consent or support of NATO. On Dec... - ARMY, MARINES RUSHING BODY ARMOR TO TROOPS IN COMBAT ZONES
By Rudi Williams American Forces Press Service FORT BELVOIR, Va., Oct. 31, 2003 - A soldier with the Army's 10th Mountain Division [http://www.drum.army.mil/] was knocked down by small-arms fire, got up, and continued his mission. Hit again by enemy...
002 - WORLD ANALYSIS
- A SINGLE MILITARY HEADQUARTER FOR THE EU?
- EXERCISE ”CLEAN SLATE“ IN AUSTRALIA
by Australian Defence Forces Press Service 28 October, 2003 - Soldiers from the Incident Response Regiment are conducting training at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) facility at Lucas Heights today, Tuesday 28 Octo... - NEW SALAFIST LEADER SEEKS CLOSER TIES TO AL QAIDA
by Middle East Newsline 25 October - Algeria's largest insurgency group has reaffirmed its allegiance to Al Qaida in what appears to signal an increse in the already close cooperation between the two organizations. The Salafist Brigade for Combat a... - UK 'NOT PREPARED' FOR TERRORIST ATTACK
By Jean Eaglesham, Political Correspondent and David Firn - Financial Times 7 November 2003 - Britain is "insufficiently prepared" for a nuclear, chemical or biological terrorist attack because of the government's obsession with unnecessar...
003 - SECURITY ANALYSIS
- EXERCISE ”CLEAN SLATE“ IN AUSTRALIA
- ARMARIS, KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE, UMOE MANDAL CONTRACTORS FOR ”SKJOLD“ CLASS
Paris, 1 December 2003 - As part of the Skjold Prime Consortium (SPC), French naval prime contractor, Armaris, and two Norwegian companies, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and UMOE Mandal naval shipyard, on 28 November 2003, signed a contract... - ARMY DEAL BOOSTS ALVIS
(The Times) 7 November - Shares in Alvis jumped 7p to 195p yesterday after the company announced a £166 million deal to provide 401 light armoured vehicles for the British Army. The all-terrain vehicle, which is adapted from a Fiat design, can... - FIRST U-212A ITALIAN SUBMARINE LAUNCHED
6 November - The President of Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, and the Minister of the Defence, Antonio Martino, were present today at Fincantieri's shipyard at Muggiano (La Spezia) for the launch of the submarine "Salvatore Todaro",... - OCCAR AWARDS €3 BILLION MISSILE CONTRACT
12 November - The international missile systems group MBDA has been awarded a multibillion Euro contract by the European procurement agency OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Co-opération en matière d’Armement) for series production... - ROLLS ROYCE T56 POWERS ON PAST ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
The Rolls-Royce T56 engine celebrates 50 years of production this month, holding the record as the longest-running continuous production engine in the large turboprop class. Over 16,500 T56 engines have been produced to date with half of those still... - SUCCESSFUL FIRING TEST OF THE NEW AAW SYSTEM ON THE LCF/F124
Hamburg, December 9, 2003 - Upon the successful firing of an Evolved Seasparrow Missile, another firing test with an SM-2 missile was carried out on November 27, 2003, with the new AAW system APAR/SMART-L developed in the Netherlands and Germany. The... - TIPS INDUSTRIES SUCCESS: SIGNED MOU FORR INDUSTRIAL WORKSHARE IN THE NATO AGS PROJECT
Budapest - November 5, 2003 - The Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) for the NATO AGS Program has taken another significant step toward the realization of transatlantic cooperation between the NATO Member States. The TIPS Industries, c...
004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
- ARMARIS, KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE, UMOE MANDAL CONTRACTORS FOR ”SKJOLD“ CLASS
- EGYPT INVESTS HEAVILY IN AIR MODERNIZATION
Middle East Newsline 27 October 2003 - Egypt's air force has undergone the most significant modernization of any military in the Arab world. A report by the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies said the Egypt has developed a powerful offensive air ca... - EXERCISE VOLCANEX 03
by Major Pasquale D'AMICO - EUROPEAN AIR GROUP - High Wycombe (UK) VOLCANEX is the European Air Group (EAG) sponsored exercise. Now at its fourth edition, it represents the tool for the technical validation of all the studies run by the EAG, aiming...
005 - NEWS
- EGYPT INVESTS HEAVILY IN AIR MODERNIZATION
- RUSSIA VOWS TO ADVANCE ISKANDER MISSILE
Middle East Newsline 26 October - Russia has pledged to complete development of a surface-to-surface missile that has been marketed to Iran and Syria. Officials said the Russian Defense Ministry plans to complete development of the Iskander-E short-...
006 - INDISCREET
- RUSSIA VOWS TO ADVANCE ISKANDER MISSILE
- BEYOND KABUL: TESTING ISAF'S POTENTIAL AND LIMITS
by Annalisa Monaco - NATO Notes October 2003 - The NATO flag will soon be waving beyond the Afghan capital. After repeated calls from the Afghan government, non-governmental organisations and the United Nations' envoy Lakhdar Brahimi (amongst other... - NATO RESPONSE FORCE: MORE THAN A "PAPER ARMY" ?
by Annalisa Monaco - ”NATO Notes“ - October 2003 'The need for real deployable soldiers and not paper armies', was the rallying cry from NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson at the informal NATO defence ministers meeting held in Color... - SAPPERS IN AFGHANISTAN EXPAND ROLE OF ARMY ENGINEERS
By Sgt. Greg Heath, USA Special to American Forces Press Service BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2003 - Every day the soldiers of Company B, 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division perform a job where death is potentially only one step away....
011 - ENDURING FREEDOM
- BEYOND KABUL: TESTING ISAF'S POTENTIAL AND LIMITS
024 - BOOKS & MAGAZINES
PHOTOALBUM
- FINCANTIERI PROFILE
Set up at the end of 1959 as "Società Finanziaria Cantieri Navali - Fincantieri S.p.A", in 1984 Fincantieri was transformed into an operative company following a merger which incorporated under its direct control eight companies work... - U-212A "SALVATORE TODARO"
Length o.a. : abt 57.150 m Length b.p. : 55.900 m Max breadth (on P.H.) 7.000 m Height overall (masts in) abt 11.875 m Surface displacement (ready to dive) abt 1500 t Standard displacement abt 1460 t Lead cells battery banks (two su...
WHO IS?
- FINCANTIERI PROFILE
