Italy Looks To Create Anti-submarine Aircraft Force

With NATO members worried astir imaginable incursions astir Europe of Russian submarines, Italy has announced that it is looking to create a caller squadron.

In 2017, it retired its Br.1150 Atlantic craft and since past has relied connected conscionable 4 P-72A (ATR-72MP) maritime patrol aircraft, but recognises that these are amended suited for peacetime missions and constricted mostly to aboveground surveillance tasks.

Italy looks to its defence against submarines

For that logic therefore, arsenic a federation almost wholly surrounded by sea, it has decided to create nan M3A (Maritime Multi-Mission Aircraft) programme successful bid to rectify nan protect situation.

In a associated programme managed betwixt nan Italian Air Force and Navy, nan Italian Government has indicated that it plans to get six craft tin of performing anti-ship, anti-submarine, aboveground surveillance, and excavation countermeasure missions.

More than €5oo cardinal already allocated by Italy to bargain caller aircraft

Actual full backing is still to beryllium revealed but according to Defense Express, €562 cardinal has already been allocated to nan 2025 fund which suggests that a last determination and nan placing of a procurement bid is imminent owed to nan perceived urgency of nan matter.

A determination needs to beryllium made arsenic to which craft to get though location isn’t a batch of prime of manufacturers.

Knowing nan comparatively adjacent governmental narration existing betwixt Italian premier Giorgia Meloni and President Donald Trump, nan likelihood are connected purchasing nan US built P-8A Poseidon, which is already seeing work pinch respective NATO members including Germany.

Another action nevertheless is Japan’s Kawasaki P-1 which is akin successful capacity to nan erstwhile anti-submarine craft operated by Italy until 2017.

Italy to take betwixt American and Japanese craft options

In nan end, nan determination will nary uncertainty beryllium based connected a operation of performance, reliability, readiness and value though location whitethorn beryllium a small governmental slant successful nan determination making.

Whatever nan last prime it must beryllium encouraging news for different NATO members that Italy has made nan determination to fortify its unit pinch six caller master aircraft.