Elio Calcagno
eliocalcagno.bsky.social
Elio Calcagno
@eliocalcagno.bsky.social
Italian defence researcher
🚨 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
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March 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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...
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
theaviationist.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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...
March 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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-...
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...
decode39.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM