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Old 28th Sep 2023, 08:22
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Originally Posted by Video Mixdown
Apart from demonstrating an aircraft's capability it is irrelevant in the UK. There are dozens of proper runways that could be used before you'd have to resort to roads.
The fact that it's been done in Finland which, in case you don't know, borders Russia, indicates that this and the F35A sorties by the Royal Norwegian Airforce were intended to do a bit of 'sabre rattling' against Putin.
Whilst there might be suitable roads in the UK where this could be done but hasn't eg the 'famous' stretch of the A1 north of the disused Woolfox Lodge Bloodhound site, it would only be for a 'role demonstration' not for actual ops.

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