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Re:One-Mile-in-Five by Animats on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @04:50PM (#42445675)
Landing fighters on highways is making a comeback in Switzerland [1], Poland [2], and Finland.[3] The countries close to Russia are preparing for trouble.

[1] https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/video-fighter-jets-take-of...

[2] https://defence24.com/armed-forces/air-force/first-highway-s...

[3] https://www.norwaynews.com/norwegian-f-35-land-on-a-finnish-...

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Re:One-Mile-in-Five by jonstewart on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @07:22PM (#42446915)
Ukraine sometimes lands their fighters on highways.
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Re:One-Mile-in-Five by throw0101b on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @09:12PM (#42447522)
The concept has been around for a while in many countries:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_runway

About two dozen were made in Sweden:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_60#List_of_Bas_60_road_run...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_90#Kortbanor_—_Short_runwa...

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