The entrance hall of the Port Authority of Cagliari has already worn the afternoon mode when the commander himself signs the first military "turnaround" on the coasts of Sardinia. It is 14.4 minutes on the first Monday after the Cagliari invasion of warships . They will never say it, let alone admit it. In reality, however, the provision that starts from the top of the Defense is the first sign of failure in an unprecedented operation, in terms of intrusiveness and timing. The back all lands in the protocol of the Capitaneria of Cagliari when the evening is already reaching the night. In fact, the offices in Piazza Deffenu do not even see it. They notice it the next day. It is from that moment that the maneuver has taken place to lift the prohibitions in an imposing stretch of coast prohibited since the days before the order of the "checkmate" to Sardinia.
Mine message
The message comes directly from the “Mine Countermeasures Forces Command”, the “Maricodrag”. The request is explicit: abrogation of the prohibitions in the areas identified as Alfa and Bravo. The same ones that not even seven days ago had been banned from fishing, bathing, navigation and mooring with a lot of "immediate effect" until next May 27. With the same non-existent notice of the imposition of limits, the Harbor Office disposes, with immediate effect, the revocation of those provisions on the western front of the coast of the island. The state dispatch frees all the stretches of coast in front of Sant'Antioco and Porto Pino, with those enchanted beaches already equipped with umbrellas and deck chairs.
Revocation classified
The motivation for the revocation of that prohibition in front of the Coaquaddus, Maladroxia and Porto Pineddu beaches, is lapidary: "interdictions canceled due to ceased need". As if to say, don't ask us anything else. What the needs are is a state secret. Certainly this umpteenth ordinance confirms that the military programming runs daily given that in the same Alfa and Bravo areas, according to the previous ordinance of last May 5, exercises were scheduled until May 27. A "retreat", one could say in military jargon, given that the pressure of the prohibitions on that stretch of sea was opposed both for the fishing activity, including the Sicilian seafarers, for a few days stationed in the Port of Sant'Antioco, both for that tourist load towards the extraordinary dunes of Porto Pino, an absolute destination even out of season.
