Analisi difesa number 5
Defense Analisys
Nr. 5
001 - ITALIAN ANALYSIS
- "DRAWSKO 2000" BRIGADE " POZZUOLO DEL FRIULI " PROMOTES WEAPON SYSTEMS " MADE IN ITALY " IN POLAND
A training but also an important trade fair for the Army and the Italian Defense industry. This is " Drawsko 2000 ", the training activity leaded by the Cavalry Brigade " Pozzuolo del Friuli " last May at Konotop, in Poland, Ther... - "EOLO 2000"
On the Spanish training rifle range of San Gregorio, near Zaragoza, arrives the practice "EOLO 2000" which will engage the EUROFOR, the Italian-franc-Spanish-Portuguese combined force with its divisional command in Florence. "Eolo 2000... - ALL THE 129 ATTACK HELICOPTERS FOR FRIULI BRIGADE
The transformation process of the " Friuli " Brigade from mechanized in air-mobile continues. In support to the 66th Regiment, the first aircraft unit of the Italian Army, has been assigned to the " Friuli " the 5th Air Cavalry Re... - F 16 FOR THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE ?
As mentioned in this issue of ANALISI DIFESA, Italian Air Force is searching a combat jet to put in service ”ad interim" waiting for EF 2000 to become operative, and to replace decrepit F 104 ASA/M. The requests, regarding the cession &qu... - FIGHTER "AD INTERIM" FOR ITALIAN AIR FORCE?
The Italian Air Force is looking at the possibility to purchase a fighter "Ad interim" which could overwhelm the temporary gap between the entry of EF 2000 in service and the exit of old F 104. The necessity of a new machine to place next... - FIRST MISSION FOR AMI G 222 IN CONGO
A cargo aircraft G222 of the Italian Air Force has completed his first humanitarian flight in Congo for the mission " MONUC " (Mission UN in Congo). The aircraft has transported to Kikwit 6.5 tons of medicines for the medical area of Feshi.... - ITALIAN ARMY - THE RESERVE ENTERS IN FIELD
After a long gestation, this year Italian Army has established a true reserve along the lines of the organisms which has been active for a long time in the Armed Forces of all main allied. With a decree of the Defense Ministry, nearly 8 billions ITL... - SANTA BARBARA OPERATION OF AOSTA BRIGADE
The Italian Defence Forces begun a training cycle called, " Santa Barbara" Operation, to prepare the brigades for quick and solid disposition in Italy and overseas. Now these numerous tasks seem inevitable and engage the protection forces f... - TO THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE THE CONTROL OF THE PRISTINA AIRPORT
From July 1, 180 men of the Second Independent Operative Unit of the Air Force, under the command of the Brig. Gen. Maurizio Lodovisi, are assigned to the management of the airport services of the international stopover of Pristina and the air traffi...
002 - WORLD ANALYSIS
- DAMASCO PURCHASES ‘NODONG’ MISSILES OF NORTH KOREA
While the western and in particular Italian diplomacy tries to convince Pyongyang to open to the reform and suspend the production and export of arms of mass destruction, the regimen leaded by the communist dictator Kim Jong Il continues to sell miss... - ETHIOPIA WINS THE CONFLICT WITH ERITREAN
After two years of war, at least 100.000 died in battle, the double of the wounded and maybe a million civilians died for hunger and now the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea has concluded. A crushing and unexpected victory achieved from the Ethiopi... - GREAT BRITAIN, RETURNED PROTAGONIST IN AFRICA
RUF (Revolutionary United Front) begins again its military activities, but refuses to deliver arms as written in the Lomè peace accords of last summer. It has attacked the blue helmet garrisons and took at least 500 prisoners. These create dif... - ITALIAN CONTINGENT IN UN FORCES AT THE BORDER OF ETHIOPIA - ERITREAN?
After two years of war which have provoked 100.000 died and 200,000 hurt combatants apart from a million civil refugees. Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed the peace plan arranged by the Organization for the African Unity and in particular with Algeria... - LIBIA: HUNT TO MUSLIM INTEGRALISTS
Libyan regimen has been forced to organize a Intervention Force with the unit of Internal Security Services to support the revolutionary committees in the regions of Bengasi and of Djebel Al-Akhdar besieged by the integralist groups. Recently the war... - SERBS MILITARY AIDS TO LIBYA
After the military agreements with Iraq, Slobodan Milosevic, in continuous search for new allies, aims now on Libya. The director of the Promexport, Sergeij Chemezov, has confirmed the delivery to Libya of armaments of Russian construction, acquired...
005 - NEWS
- 6,000 U.S., ALLIED FORCES LAUNCH GLOBAL PATRIOT '00
The Air National Guard is hosting Global Patriot '00, a major reserve forces inter-service, combined military training exercise for air and ground forces. The exercise began yesterday and will continue through June 30. Global Patriot '00 is the lates... - JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN RELEASES "JOINT VISION 2020"
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton released "Joint Vision 2020" (JV2020), a document that extends, refines, and builds on "Joint Vision 2010" (JV2010) in projecting how the U.S. military must be developed... - RAF LOOKING FOR STRATEGICAL AIR MOBILITY
The Royal Air Force intends to obtain once again the strategic air mobility which had been given up in the end of ' 70s when four-motor airs of Short Belfast were struck off. After having acquired from USAF 4 new cargo C 17 Globe-master by lease, the... - SEVEN NATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN RIMPAC 2000
Seven nations are participating in exercise "Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2000," a major maritime exercise in the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Hawaii.The exercise will bring together forces of Australia, Chile, Canada, Japan, the Republi... - U.S. PARTICIPATES IN NATO EXERCISE DYNAMIC MIX
The United States is participating with 13 other nations in Dynamic Mix 00, a multi-phase, multi-force combined NATO exercise comprised of air, land, maritime and amphibious operations throughout the NATO southern region from May 20 to June 10, 2000....
006 - INDISCREET
- ALSO MOSCOW ON THE TRACES OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
It is a true siege what they are doing in confronting the terrorist sheik, Osama Bin Laden. After having endured numerous arrests of his associates and disciples in countries considered as safe sanctuaries for the international terrorist till now, ne... - THE BULGARIAN INTELLIGENCE SUPPORTS NATO IN KOSOVO
The news itself is surely interesting and has been confirmed by the commander of K FOR, general Klaus Rheinhardt: NATO leans on Bulgaria for the intelligence in Kosovo. Rheinhardt would have asked the premier of Sofia, Ivan Kostov, for a " surel... - THE MILITARY ACCORDO IRAK-SERBIA STRENGTHENS
The anti-US pact between Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic is tightened ulteriorly under attention of the newly elected Russian president Vladimir Putin. After the visit of the minister of Defense of Iraq, Sultam Hashim Ahmad, to Belgrade, on Ma... - THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE TURKISH MILITARY ORDERS
The huge Turkish military orders directed to the European companies could facilitate the entry of Ankara in EU - it was in discussion for a long time. The purchase of thousand of armed vehicles Leopard 2, cost approximately seven billion dollars, is...
