WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY ITALIA ROME - news journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, AL, FdCA: ANTIDOTE No. 5 - Italy as a nuclear target in the event of war (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Italy is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a non-nuclear-weapon state, having formally ratified the agreement in 1975. The NPT establishes the country's absolute commitment not to manufacture, receive, or acquire atomic weapons. ---- However-true to the saying "where there is a law, there is a loophole"-the Italian government and the United States employ a sophisticated piece of Jesuitical sophistry to argue that no transfer of weapons actually takes place.

The approximately 35 B61 nuclear bombs stationed at Aviano and Ghedi remain under the exclusive and permanent custody of US troops; yet, Italy actively prepares for their use. Indeed, an elite group of Italian Air Force pilots-historically nicknamed the "Red Devils" (*Diavoli Rossi*)-trains with the Air Force's 6th Wing, stationed at the Ghedi airbase (Brescia).
This specious interpretation used to justify the presence of nuclear weapons on Italian soil is not universally accepted; many legal experts, historians, and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) regard it as a clear violation of both the spirit and the letter of the treaty.
In short, Italy manages to claim formal compliance with the NPT by relying on a convoluted interpretation of the concept of "control."
From the nuclear bombs at Aviano and Ghedi and the MUOS satellite system in Niscemi to the massive arsenal at Camp Darby, these assets do not defend us; instead, they make us targets in a nuclear conflict scenario, as the first targets struck would be the bases housing atomic weapons and strategic command centers.
Global nuclear warhead stockpiles are estimated to total 12,187. These data come from leading international geopolitical and security institutes, including the SIPRI Yearbook (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) and the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
The reports highlight a worrying trend: although the total number is dropping slightly due to the dismantling of old Cold War-era warheads, the number of active nuclear weapons ready for military use is steadily increasing.

Sources:
Nuclear Disarmament - Disarmo Nucleare Italia
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
UN Conference in New York to strengthen the agreement against nuclear weapons - Vatican News
Nuclear: Over 100 US bombs in Italy. Here is where they are deployed - Il Sole 24 ORE
Legal issues - Nuclear sharing
Nuclear arsenals: the world re-arms - Nigrizia

August 2026

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