Question: how is it possible that at an airbase like the one in Ta’if, Saudi Arabia, used by a multinational coalition active in countering the terrorist threat of Daesh, an Italian Eurofighter F-2000 could be hit, especially since at the time of the attack it was located in a remote area of the field?
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General Vincenzo Camporini has risen through all the ranks of the military career to hold the highest office of Chief of Staff of the Air Force (2006-08) and Chief of Defense Staff (2008-11). He therefore “has the credentials” to answer.
General, what happened at the base in Saudi Arabia might seem at least “strange.” A somewhat similar situation occurred in March, when at a base in Kuwait an Iranian drone destroyed an Italian drone worth over 30 million euros. It is thought that these bases have very high-level controls, top security levels. Yet the fighter was hit.
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These things happen because airports are very open environments and must be so because flight activities take place inside them. Normally for decades, even from my time, they have been protected by shelters built to withstand direct hits. If you visit a normal Italian base you see how they are made and the same happens abroad.
Now I do not know the base where this event happened, surely there are protections there as well but they never offer absolute guarantee, so when there is an explosion it is clear that collateral damage is quite possible. This does not surprise me.
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