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An RAF Typhoon has landed for the first time on a road recently as well https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-typhoons-land-and-take-off-from-a-road-for-the-
by pasc1878 3y ago
An RAF Typhoon has landed for the first time on a road recently as well https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-typhoons-land-and-take-off-from-a-road-for-the-first-time/ https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-typhoons-land-and-t...
Perhaps people are looking a Ukraine and current events and think that thios capability needs to be reintroduced.
- cjrp 3y agoPresumably the RAF performed the test in Finland because our roads are too full of potholes
- helsinkiandrew 3y agoIf only! the freezing winter weather used to cause Finnish roads to crack, now its studded winter tyres damaging the asphalt unprotected by ice due to the mild weather. They're using special strips of road intended as emergency runways - I guess they get priority fixing in spring. https://www.thenomadtoday.com/articulo/finland/mild-winter-is-damaging-finnish-roads/20200204142802004182.html https://www.thenomadtoday.com/articulo/finland/mild-winter-i...