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Old 14th Feb 2017, 11:06
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C195, you assume an integrated civil/military infrastructure. Set up a small air base and your local council will be there with a rates bill for starters. Then there is the noise factor and NIMBY. We produced a bomber capable of operating off highway strips. the only highway it ever took off from was a motorway before it was opened. Imagine the outcry if we closed several motorways for an annual exercise.

The Cypriots have a highway strip, possibly more than one. The Swiss certainly do but I believe their robust neutrality has national support, as indeed the Swedes do. As far as neutrality goes, the Irish clearly don't feel the same imperatives.
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