ITALY MILITARY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g6tb58XivA Recently, in April 2015, an Italian and French satellite was launched to "provide strategic and tactical satellite communications services, supporting military land, sea and air platforms used by armed forces to guarantee internal and external security." Surprisingly, the United States has many bases Italy; in Naples, Aviano, Sicily, Pisa, and Vicenza, and others. The US military has spent more than $2 billion on construction. Currently, Germany and France are working with Italy to develop military surveillance drones that can also carry weapons. The plan is for the drones to be active between 2020 and 2025. A detailed History of Italy can be purchased at Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/Military-History-Italy-Ciro-Paoletti/dp/0275985059.