The Italian war industry participates in the arms race ---- The deadly
rumbles of war are increasingly clear and close to our country. The
clash, currently still indirect, between the old Western imperialist
powers led by North America and the new and rampant imperialist bloc led
by China and Russia risks making the numerous war fronts open in
different parts of the planet converge into a single clash, making the
explosion of a single global conflict appear as an increasingly concrete
danger.
Italy finds itself in a strategic position within the framework of the
Atlantic Alliance, especially after the outbreak of the
Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The war in Ukraine involves the entire
European Community, putting the security and political and economic
stability of the entire continent at risk. This in a context where the
hotbeds of war close to our country have not been extinguished: from
North Africa, to the Caucasus, to the Balkans, to the Middle East, to
Lebanon, to Palestine. It should be noted that in all these hot fronts
there is always the presence of weapons and advanced technologies from
the Italian war industry.
Italy's strategic position within NATO is favoring the strengthening of
the national war apparatus. The climate of militarization is clearly
felt throughout the country. The presence of the military with their own
internships in schools; the reinstatement, on November 4, with great
fanfare of the Armed Forces Day; the bill 1660 which has the clear
purpose of repressing dissent and controlling the territory more
meticulously, are clear signs that the Government is equipping itself to
support a generalized war conflict. All this is corroborated by the
unequivocal positions of Foreign Minister Tajani and Defense Minister
Crosetto who place Italy as a very close ally of the bloody and
genocidal Israeli regime and Zelensky's Ukraine.
The Meloni government, while increasing minimum pensions by just three
euros, while making economic cuts to the welfare state, schools and
public health, is committing tens of billions of euros to strengthen
Italy's war potential.
We have already recorded the significant economic effort employed in the
modernization of the Italian war fleet, which saw the radical
restructuring of its flagship, the aircraft carrier Cavour, in 2023.
Currently engaged in a military operation in the Indo/Pacific in
compliance with the doctrine of the enlarged Mediterranean, which
extends the presence of the Italian Navy towards the Far East, the
Cavour has been modernized to accommodate the brand new, very expensive
and deadly F35B fighter planes, replacing the now obsolete Sea Harriers.
By the end of 2024, the very modern multipurpose aircraft carrier
Trieste will also enter service. These modern combat units added to the
old aircraft carrier Garibaldi (which will soon be modernized as a drone
carrier) bring to three the number of aircraft carriers in service in
the Italian Navy, painting the picture of an aggressive, highly equipped
Navy, suitable for fighting even in distant seas. The Italian military
fleet is one of the most powerful navies within NATO, composed of 52
ships, organized into 2 battle groups with offshore capabilities and at
least 3 amphibious expeditionary groups.
In addition to the naval vessels already in active service, the
following are currently under construction: 2 frigates, 3 offshore
patrol vessels, 4 submarines, 4 PPX multipurpose patrol vessels, 1 unit
(SDO-SURS), 2 auxiliary units (MTC/MTF), 1 A 5336 Atlante logistics
support vessel, 1 Major Hydrographic Oceanographic Ship (NIOM), 4
maneuver training units, 4 support tugs.
A paradox, for a country that with Article 11 of the Republican
Constitution "repudiates war", to equip itself with a strong and
aggressive Navy, super equipped and suitable for fighting even in
distant seas, a navy that acts as an imperialist gendarme, with its
constant presence (in addition to the Mediterranean) in the Red Sea, the
Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean.
In anticipation of a global conflict, the modernization of the entire
Italian war apparatus is also underway. The strengthening and total
modernization of the armored vehicle fleet is planned. Our war industry
is equipping itself for this purpose. In October 2024, Leonardo SpA
signed an agreement with the German Rheinmetall for the creation of a
new joint venture, with the aim of creating a new European group for the
development and production of military combat vehicles.
The program is to reconstitute the entire tracked fleet of the Italian
Armed Forces, consisting of both brand new light Ifv vehicles to replace
the Dardo, and a powerful heavy tank, the Main Battle Tank. The Panther
KF51 by Rheinmetall will be the basis for the new combat tank, which
will replace the Ariete tank. The new Lynx platform will meet the needs
of the Armored Infantry Combat System program. Both vehicles will be
Italianized, with 60% of the activities developed in Italy. Rheinmetall
and Leonardo spa are planning to develop cutting-edge technologies at an
international level. They are already thinking about marketing the new
killing machines to all "allied" and "friendly" countries. But it
doesn't end there: Leonardo spa and Rheinmetall plan to develop and
produce other war vehicles, such as recovery, engineering and
bridge-laying vehicles.
The Italian AICS program includes the future acquisition of over 1,000
armored combat systems in 16 variants. In addition to the classic
infantry fighting vehicle, there will be anti-aircraft, reconnaissance
and anti-tank versions.
Rheinmetall bluntly states: "We are creating a new heavyweight in
European tank production", "We are targeting the Italian market first,
but we will also target other partner countries that will need to
modernise their combat systems in the future. Rheinmetall has the
perfect technologies for Italy's needs". Wars generate billions in
profits for death factories.
The honey of easy profits attracts many hornets hungry for money. In
November 2024, John Elkann also entered this adventure of producing
death machines, with an agreement signed between Iveco Defence Vehicles
(Idv), the military vehicles division of the group controlled by Exor,
with Leonardo SpA to participate as a subcontractor in the order for the
new tanks of the Italian army for the newly formed joint venture between
Leonardo SpA and Rheinmetall. Iveco Defence Vehicles will be Leonardo
SpA's supplier in the production of tracked vehicles for the Army. The
value of the orders at stake amounts to approximately 23.2 billion euros.
But in Italy, Leonardo SpA and Iveco are not the only ones making
lucrative profits from the ongoing wars. In addition to armored
vehicles, the Italian war industry is at the forefront of deadly light
weapons. In the current technological wars in progress, the protagonists
are the deadly small drones that swoop down like hawks on men and
vehicles, sowing death and destruction. To stem the deadly attacks of
drones, the first anti-drone rifle was born in Italy, a light weapon
destined to become a protagonist in all current and future war theaters.
The anti-drone rifle is produced by Benelli of Urbino (Beretta Holding
Group) and is the first light anti-drone weapon destined to become a
protagonist in all war theaters. It is called "M4 AI Drone guardian".
Benelli, a leader in hunting rifles, is also able to supply
latest-generation weapons for law enforcement and armies.
Benelli/Beretta has already received purchase requests from several
countries: United States, France, Germany, Japan, Ukraine.
Benelli/Beretta will produce about 30 thousand units in the first year.
Among the priority tasks of the anti-war movement, to stop the warlords,
to prevent global catastrophe, there is that of organizing opposition to
the militarist and rearmament policies of the Government, continuing the
pressing campaign for the reconversion of the war industry into a peace
industry, the boycott and sabotage of war production, support for all
deserters (Ukrainians, Russians, Israelis), support for those who refuse
to take up arms against other men who are only wrong to stand under a
flag of a different color.
Renato Franzitta
https://umanitanova.org/verso-il-baratro-del-conflitto-globale/
_________________________________________
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rumbles of war are increasingly clear and close to our country. The
clash, currently still indirect, between the old Western imperialist
powers led by North America and the new and rampant imperialist bloc led
by China and Russia risks making the numerous war fronts open in
different parts of the planet converge into a single clash, making the
explosion of a single global conflict appear as an increasingly concrete
danger.
Italy finds itself in a strategic position within the framework of the
Atlantic Alliance, especially after the outbreak of the
Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The war in Ukraine involves the entire
European Community, putting the security and political and economic
stability of the entire continent at risk. This in a context where the
hotbeds of war close to our country have not been extinguished: from
North Africa, to the Caucasus, to the Balkans, to the Middle East, to
Lebanon, to Palestine. It should be noted that in all these hot fronts
there is always the presence of weapons and advanced technologies from
the Italian war industry.
Italy's strategic position within NATO is favoring the strengthening of
the national war apparatus. The climate of militarization is clearly
felt throughout the country. The presence of the military with their own
internships in schools; the reinstatement, on November 4, with great
fanfare of the Armed Forces Day; the bill 1660 which has the clear
purpose of repressing dissent and controlling the territory more
meticulously, are clear signs that the Government is equipping itself to
support a generalized war conflict. All this is corroborated by the
unequivocal positions of Foreign Minister Tajani and Defense Minister
Crosetto who place Italy as a very close ally of the bloody and
genocidal Israeli regime and Zelensky's Ukraine.
The Meloni government, while increasing minimum pensions by just three
euros, while making economic cuts to the welfare state, schools and
public health, is committing tens of billions of euros to strengthen
Italy's war potential.
We have already recorded the significant economic effort employed in the
modernization of the Italian war fleet, which saw the radical
restructuring of its flagship, the aircraft carrier Cavour, in 2023.
Currently engaged in a military operation in the Indo/Pacific in
compliance with the doctrine of the enlarged Mediterranean, which
extends the presence of the Italian Navy towards the Far East, the
Cavour has been modernized to accommodate the brand new, very expensive
and deadly F35B fighter planes, replacing the now obsolete Sea Harriers.
By the end of 2024, the very modern multipurpose aircraft carrier
Trieste will also enter service. These modern combat units added to the
old aircraft carrier Garibaldi (which will soon be modernized as a drone
carrier) bring to three the number of aircraft carriers in service in
the Italian Navy, painting the picture of an aggressive, highly equipped
Navy, suitable for fighting even in distant seas. The Italian military
fleet is one of the most powerful navies within NATO, composed of 52
ships, organized into 2 battle groups with offshore capabilities and at
least 3 amphibious expeditionary groups.
In addition to the naval vessels already in active service, the
following are currently under construction: 2 frigates, 3 offshore
patrol vessels, 4 submarines, 4 PPX multipurpose patrol vessels, 1 unit
(SDO-SURS), 2 auxiliary units (MTC/MTF), 1 A 5336 Atlante logistics
support vessel, 1 Major Hydrographic Oceanographic Ship (NIOM), 4
maneuver training units, 4 support tugs.
A paradox, for a country that with Article 11 of the Republican
Constitution "repudiates war", to equip itself with a strong and
aggressive Navy, super equipped and suitable for fighting even in
distant seas, a navy that acts as an imperialist gendarme, with its
constant presence (in addition to the Mediterranean) in the Red Sea, the
Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean.
In anticipation of a global conflict, the modernization of the entire
Italian war apparatus is also underway. The strengthening and total
modernization of the armored vehicle fleet is planned. Our war industry
is equipping itself for this purpose. In October 2024, Leonardo SpA
signed an agreement with the German Rheinmetall for the creation of a
new joint venture, with the aim of creating a new European group for the
development and production of military combat vehicles.
The program is to reconstitute the entire tracked fleet of the Italian
Armed Forces, consisting of both brand new light Ifv vehicles to replace
the Dardo, and a powerful heavy tank, the Main Battle Tank. The Panther
KF51 by Rheinmetall will be the basis for the new combat tank, which
will replace the Ariete tank. The new Lynx platform will meet the needs
of the Armored Infantry Combat System program. Both vehicles will be
Italianized, with 60% of the activities developed in Italy. Rheinmetall
and Leonardo spa are planning to develop cutting-edge technologies at an
international level. They are already thinking about marketing the new
killing machines to all "allied" and "friendly" countries. But it
doesn't end there: Leonardo spa and Rheinmetall plan to develop and
produce other war vehicles, such as recovery, engineering and
bridge-laying vehicles.
The Italian AICS program includes the future acquisition of over 1,000
armored combat systems in 16 variants. In addition to the classic
infantry fighting vehicle, there will be anti-aircraft, reconnaissance
and anti-tank versions.
Rheinmetall bluntly states: "We are creating a new heavyweight in
European tank production", "We are targeting the Italian market first,
but we will also target other partner countries that will need to
modernise their combat systems in the future. Rheinmetall has the
perfect technologies for Italy's needs". Wars generate billions in
profits for death factories.
The honey of easy profits attracts many hornets hungry for money. In
November 2024, John Elkann also entered this adventure of producing
death machines, with an agreement signed between Iveco Defence Vehicles
(Idv), the military vehicles division of the group controlled by Exor,
with Leonardo SpA to participate as a subcontractor in the order for the
new tanks of the Italian army for the newly formed joint venture between
Leonardo SpA and Rheinmetall. Iveco Defence Vehicles will be Leonardo
SpA's supplier in the production of tracked vehicles for the Army. The
value of the orders at stake amounts to approximately 23.2 billion euros.
But in Italy, Leonardo SpA and Iveco are not the only ones making
lucrative profits from the ongoing wars. In addition to armored
vehicles, the Italian war industry is at the forefront of deadly light
weapons. In the current technological wars in progress, the protagonists
are the deadly small drones that swoop down like hawks on men and
vehicles, sowing death and destruction. To stem the deadly attacks of
drones, the first anti-drone rifle was born in Italy, a light weapon
destined to become a protagonist in all current and future war theaters.
The anti-drone rifle is produced by Benelli of Urbino (Beretta Holding
Group) and is the first light anti-drone weapon destined to become a
protagonist in all war theaters. It is called "M4 AI Drone guardian".
Benelli, a leader in hunting rifles, is also able to supply
latest-generation weapons for law enforcement and armies.
Benelli/Beretta has already received purchase requests from several
countries: United States, France, Germany, Japan, Ukraine.
Benelli/Beretta will produce about 30 thousand units in the first year.
Among the priority tasks of the anti-war movement, to stop the warlords,
to prevent global catastrophe, there is that of organizing opposition to
the militarist and rearmament policies of the Government, continuing the
pressing campaign for the reconversion of the war industry into a peace
industry, the boycott and sabotage of war production, support for all
deserters (Ukrainians, Russians, Israelis), support for those who refuse
to take up arms against other men who are only wrong to stand under a
flag of a different color.
Renato Franzitta
https://umanitanova.org/verso-il-baratro-del-conflitto-globale/
_________________________________________
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