Why Italy you ask?
Opportunity with the Trump hating ambassador and the company with the technical ability to do it. Pretty simple answer.
I thought the long explanation who the characters and companies that were involved and the fact that they are number 10 on the list of the world’s largest defense companies explained why.
It is about money, greed, kickbacks and bribes involving defense contracts. And of course the Chinese are deep in Italy.
The story may or may not be correct, but it is very odd that it is not discussed in DC, but then little is said in DC about Hunter Biden’s Ukraine dealings.