Thousands of police officers will be deployed for the funeral, with reinforcements arriving from several Italian regions. That’s before considering the security services being brought along by the 130 foreign delegations.

The area around the Holy See and along the route of the funeral procession will be protected by a full-fledged security presence covering threats from air, land and sea: a Navy destroyer near the capital, Eurofighter jets from the Italian Air Force, radar installations and anti-drone bazookas.

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    8 hours ago

    Since the area contains heads of state (enough to measure in tons) among them the wannabe god-emperor of America, yes, it will be a parade of the latest antidrone tech. :)

    Also, everyone near airfields will be scanning for anti-aircraft installations in the shrubbery. The usual stuff.

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    13 hours ago

    Worth adding that yesterday morning the national alert system was used to broadcast a message to every phone in Rome, with some informatin about the disruption.