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>Italy’s government has approved a project to build the world’s longest suspension bridge that will connect Sicily to the Italian mainland. The proposed bridge spanning the Strait of Messina will measure 2 miles in length. To withstand the strait’s strong winds and currents, engineers have designed the bridge with two 1,310-foot-tall steel towers, eliminating the need for a central tower in the sea. The project will cost an estimated €13.5 billion, equivalent to around $15.6 billion, and it will become operational in the early 2030s, Infrastructure Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said Wednesday.

Archive: https://archive.today/1Z4zt From the post: >>Italy’s government has approved a project to build the world’s longest suspension bridge that will connect Sicily to the Italian mainland. The proposed bridge spanning the Strait of Messina will measure 2 miles in length. To withstand the strait’s strong winds and currents, engineers have designed the bridge with two 1,310-foot-tall steel towers, eliminating the need for a central tower in the sea. The project will cost an estimated €13.5 billion, equivalent to around $15.6 billion, and it will become operational in the early 2030s, Infrastructure Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said Wednesday.

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Sicilians have been arguing against that for decades. I wonder what changed.

Edit: Oh.

The Italian government said the bridge will be a security asset, which allows it to categorize the project as a military expense and count it toward its NATO spending commitments. This comes as Italy, along with other European nations, has pledged to increase its military spending to 5% of its GDP over the next decade.

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Yep, it's scams all the way down. Now random "infrastructure" counts as NATO spending.

Fuck NATO. The USA should leave.

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Fuck NATO. The USA should leave.

Amen to that!