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THE CROSETTO MISSILE ACCORDING TO THE LEAF

DOES THE NAVY REALLY ONLY HAVE 63 MISSILES?

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EXTRACT OF AN ARTICLE FROM THE SHEET:

“And to think that our Navy only has 63 missiles.” A few days ago Guido Crosetto during a Defense commission let slip this numerical reflection which struck a chord with everyone present. Words accompanied by a certain movement of worried resignation. The minister was commenting on what happened in recent weeks in the Red Sea, when the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner destroyed some drones launched from areas controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. For the occasion, the United States Navy dropped around eighty missiles. A very powerful rain of fire, a demonstration of strength. “And we instead only have 63 missiles,” was Crosetto's comment. A statement that opens up an insight into Italy's armaments between orders, very long delivery times and investments. Sea, sky and earth: the situation is not optimal. On the contrary. The Air Force knows this well, but also the Army, where the tank fleet, for example, is not entirely eligible for enlistment (only 20 percent of the vehicles are in optimal conditions).

The situation regarding missiles is worrying, sources close to the Italian Navy confirmed to Il Foglio. The costs of procuring weapons worth millions are weighing heavily – aggravated by the increase in the prices of raw materials – and making wars fought against weapons systems which, instead, are worth a few thousand euros, increasingly less sustainable. The problem is so real that even the strongest and most modern navy in the world, the American one, has noticed how the war in the Red Sea against the Houthis hides a problem of economic sustainability. Last month, some American defense officials confessed to "Politico" that the need to find as many allies as possible in the war against Yemen's rebels also responds to economic reasons. If you use a missile worth over 2 million dollars to shoot down an Iranian-made suicide drone worth a few thousand euros (the Shahed-136, the most expensive, cost just 20 thousand dollars) it is difficult to sustain a prolonged military effort.


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/le-news-su-crosetto-la-russa-pozzolo-gualtieri-confcommercio-e-ferragni/ on Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:14:55 +0000.