意大利是一个资源贫乏,生产加工能力却又是较强的国家.它虽然在第二次世界大战中国内经济遭受到严重破坏,但由于其特殊的地理位置,对于北约南翼的防务具有重要意义,因此在战后得到了美国和北约其他成员国的大力支持和援助,使国内经济和军事工业得到了迅速的发展.目前,意大利生产的常规武器系统不仅供国内军队使用,而且还向第三世界国家销售.在1972～1981年的十年间,其军火出口共增加16倍.现在仍以30%的年增长率继续发展着.例如,仅“阿斯派德”导弹(包括陆基和舰载型)一项就销售到埃及、秘鲁和希腊等十几个国家, As a resource-poor country with a strong production and processing power, Italy, despite its severe damage to the domestic economy during the Second World War, is of particular importance to the defense of the NATO south wing because of its special geographical position , So after the war with the strong support and assistance from the United States and other NATO member states, the rapid development of the domestic economy and military industry has been achieved.Nowadays, the conventional weapons system produced by Italy is not only used by domestic armed forces but also provided to the third World countries. The arms exports increased by a total of 16 times over the 10 years from 1972 to 1981. They are still continuing to grow at an annual rate of 30% .For example, only the Aspire missiles (including land-based and naval vessels Carrier type) on a sale to Egypt, Peru and Greece, a dozen countries,