Italian Neo-Nazi Groups Discovered with Air-to-Air Missile


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On July 12, Italian police seized a Matra Super 530F air-to-air missile in raids on neo-Nazi groups linked to the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine. According to markings on the missile canister, France originally exported the weapon to Qatar in 1980. The extremist organization had reportedly intended to illicitly sell the missile for 470,000 euros.

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Masao Dahlgren, "Italian Neo-Nazi Groups Discovered with Air-to-Air Missile," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 16, 2019, last modified July 16, 2019, https://missilethreat.csis.org/italian-neo-nazi-groups-discovered-with-air-to-air-missile/.