Guys: I ask an open question and hope an open discussion. When there is such a situation it will cause a major civilian airport to be closed for a lengthy period. This will cause major flight diversions & cancellations which will have enormous economic/social repercussions to many innocent parties. Down the road there are enormous military runways with all the necessary safety services paid for by the tax-payer and seldom used. Why do a/c in such circumstances not divert to these airfields?
The same argument is there for security flights. STN & PIK are the UK designated bomb/hi-jack safety related airport diversions. Why use civil airfields when the military have all the required personnel, supplemented by local civil police, to handle the situation?
I stress; this is on the table for an open discussion, not to attract derisory rejection.