Autobahns in Eastern & Western Europe were planned to be used as military runways during the Cold War and such strips of highway still offer that as a planned facility in many places on the Globe today. Does that mean it's time to hand in your driving licence, 'hisnamesake'?!!
By the way, does your:
thereby putting innocent civilians at risk
mean to suggest that those in the military are guilty of some ill-thought out charge (of yours)?
Foldie
PS. Thinks, time somebody woke up and smelt the coffee!!!!