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Italy's Secretive Submarine Deal With Qatar: New Intelligence - Naval News
Government hearings are sometimes a source of information on sensitive defense deals. Even ones of some magnitude, like the export of submarines. A slide shown to the Italian Parliament's hearing on Defense and Technology Research may give a fresh clue to a secret submarine project.
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Seems that M23 is a spin-off of GSE (/Maritalia).