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Elio Calcagno

@eliocalcagno.bsky.social

Italian defence researcher

Elio Calcagno @eliocalcagno.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Ho parlato di ombrello nucleare in Europa nell'ultimo podcast #Newsroom di @IrpiMedia ⬇️ irpimedia.irpi.eu/newsroom-omb...

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Newsroom - L'ombrello nucleare di Macron. Come sta lo sci italiano

Il presidente francese Macron sull’onda del nuovo piano di riarmo da 800 miliardi di euro ha offerto agli alleati europei il proprio ombrello nucleare. Ma esattamente cos’è e cosa comporterebbe per i ...

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Elio Calcagno @eliocalcagno.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🚨 BIG new @iaionline.bsky.social STUDY on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) with my chapters on: ▶️Programme's history ▶️Italian perspective ▶️Air combat training ▶️Generational leap t.co/wauxD06VdS

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Elio Calcagno @eliocalcagno.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Very timely reporting by @theaviationist.com on the F-35's metaphorical "kill-switch", with some info on the often-overlooked mission data file (MDF) -- a key enabler for the F-35. theaviationist.com/2025/03/10/f...

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The F-35 'Kill Switch': Separating Myth from Reality

With heightened tensions between Europe and the United States over NATO and Ukraine, the myth of an F-35 "kill switch", which would supposedly allow the

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Elio Calcagno @eliocalcagno.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Does this rhetoric fit with the "pushing Europe to deal with European problems" narrative? Also worth noting that US forces have nothing approximating the type of battlefield experience that the Ukrainians have acquired. www.politico.eu/article/jd-v...

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Elio Calcagno @eliocalcagno.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Leaving the issue of substance aside, Italy's Mattei Plan has the potential to help transform the public's (and in many cases the establishment's) perception that Russian foreign policy does not fundamentally threaten Italian interests. decode39.com/9995/putins-...

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Putin’s African gambit: a growing challenge for Europe and Italy - Decode39

Russia is accelerating its military presence in Africa, posing a direct challenge to European security and Italian strategic interests. With footholds in Libya and Sudan, Moscow is reinforcing its inf...

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