Rome, 15 September. (LaPresse) – "We are not ready for either a Russian attack or an attack by another nation. I have been saying this for a long time. People don't want to hear about defense needs, but I think that my task is to put this country in a position to defend itself if some madman decides to attack us. I'm not saying Putin, I'm saying anyone. Now we're not because we haven't invested in defense in the last 20 years. So 20 years can't be recovered in one year, in two years, especially with the pace of production that exists now". The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, said this, responding to reporters on the sidelines of the presentation in Rome of the results of Vespucci's world tour.