By the end of the year, Italy will have to confirm its adherence to the sumptuous Chinese global project known as the "Silk Road" while American attention in the Indo-Pacific is plain for all to counter Chinese expansionism towards the island of Taiwan.
After his visit to China, Macron proposes to make Beijing understand that it is not only America that is worried but also the Western allies. In the area it is necessary to protect Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Australia and in a sense also theIndia which does not view Chinese ambitions favorably in the area.
In recent days our Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone went to Washington to meet his counterpart Mark milley and discuss the NATO meeting in Ramstein. But there was also talk of China and it is no coincidence that at the end of the year it was decided that the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour will begin a mission that will take it to the coast of Japan to participate in new naval patrols and military missions in the Indo-Pacific region.
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The American concern is mainly due to the fact that Xi has ordered his military to be ready to invade the island by 2027.
Returning to India, during the meetings in New Delhi, Italy signed a Bilateral Pact for Defense, opening a new chapter, cooperation in defense matters for production and development in the sector, to the benefit of both countries. There will be exercises, joint training courses, and opportunities in the production of new weapon systems.
The Italian Defense is active in support of international politics
When someone says: what are the Armed Forces for? The answer for many is not obvious. They serve to avoid a war allowing to maintain a condition of balance in favor of peace. In this sense, the Defense is organizing missions in an area of the globe with high instability to defend the allied countries.
In fact, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, admiral of the naval squadron Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto announced last March 14 in Milan that “between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, our Navy will send an aircraft carrier team to the Inkyo region, to define the possible participation in land exercises with special forces units, but also a tour of our F35s to be conducted by the end of the year in Japan, Korea and Singapore".
The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General of the Air Force, Luca Goretti signaled to the Defense Commissions of the Chamber and Senaro the need to acquire additional aircraft for strategic transport, stigmatizing: “our role in the covenants and in the world requires it".