€ 13 billion for the F-35 fighter-bombers. And an "earthquake" of indignation, a chorus of protests. That's what is called civil society, now more than ever, to express after the 7 and 8 April 2009, the defense committees of the House and Senate have a favorable opinion to the "Multi-annual program for the acquisition of weapon system Joint Strike Fighter JSF, "the colossal project that the Government intends to launch by the production and acquisition of 131 JSF fighter complete with its equipment, logistical and operational bases. Estimated cost over 13 billion euro in the period 2009-2026. "It's unacceptable and immoral that the government commit itself to invest tens of billions of euro to buy bombers." Sign the petition ...
An "earthquake" of indignation, a chorus of protests. That's what civil society is call, now more than ever, to express after the 7 and 8 April 2009, the defense committees of the House and Senate have expressed a favorable opinion the ' multi-year program for the acquisition weapon system Joint Strike Fighter JSF " the Pharaonic project that the Government intends to launch by the production and acquisition of 131 JSF fighter complete with its equipment, logistical and operational bases . estimated cost: over 13 billion euro in the period 2009-2026. Thirteen billion euro!
We have also added the implementation on the national soil, in Cameri (Novara) from a European center for maintenance, overhaul, repair and modification of aircraft Italian and Dutch: a cost of 605.5 million euro. It should be added, too, another billion Euros already invested in the development phase.
The JSF fighter (better known as F-35) are attack aircraft capable of carrying, if needed, even nuclear weapons and that up the new line of tactical Air Force and Navy in the first half of this century. And that will cost us a whopping . A project so faraonico che perfino il sottosegretario di Stato per la difesa, Guido Crossetto, ha dovuto ammettere «che il finanziamento potrà avvenire attraverso risorse contenute nello stato di previsione del Ministero della Difesa o verosimilmente attraverso fondi allocati in altre poste di bilancio esterne a quello della Difesa».
Nelle scorse settimane, prima del voto delle commissioni parlamentari, alcune associazioni avevano lanciato un grido di allarme , praticamente oscurato dai mass-media e dai gravissimi eventi dell'Abruzzo. «É paradossale - hanno scritto Giulio Marcon and Massimo Paolicelli of "Country Sbilanciamoci" - which you can allocate all that money for a weapon system that in many of the countries involved is assessed too expensive and very questionable from an operational standpoint. Is inconsistent with the peace missions. While the Government can not find the necessary resources to strengthen social safety nets (unemployment compensation, unemployment benefits, etc.). For those who lose their jobs, the different "castes" of our country leave untouched, or only touched upon, the crisis: bankers, managers, large companies, the armed forces, etc.. Even in the crisis are the choices that instead of being guided by the pursuit of the general, si fanno orientare da interessi corporativi o legati a piccoli e grandi privilegi. Qui, la "sicurezza nazionale" o la "funzionalità delle nostre Forze Armate" non c'entra niente: è solo un gioco di interessi convergenti (business dell'industria bellica nazionale, autoconservazione corporativa delle Forze Armate, difesa di uno status internazionale peraltro assai dubbio, ecc.) a spingere il Governo e il Parlamento in una direzione completamente sbagliata . Quella del riarmo e dell'irresponsabilità sociale . La scelta che il Parlamento si appresta a fare, dando parere positivo alla prosecuzione del programma di costruzione dei 131 caccia bombardieri JSF, è un fatto di assoluta gravità . More or less every plane that is the equivalent of 400 nurseries or if you prefer to view the currency, unemployment benefits (that provided by the government) to 80 thousand temporary workers. " Or, if you prefer, we would add, the 131 military aircraft will cost more than the entire reconstruction of homes and services in Earthquake .
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Chi è interessato ad approfondire l'argomento, può leggere i resoconti delle sedute Commissions Defense Room and Senate , as well as the (few) contributions published so far by the media.
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