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"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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"Andrew Chaplin" wrote in message
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Many airfields in West Germany were designed with the passive airfield
defence concept of runway redundancy in mind. If runways were holed,
taxiways would do; if taxiways were f***ed, then there was often a stretch
of Autobahn running parallel-ish that would do in a severe pinch. Flugplatz
Lahr is an example of where there were such plans:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5es8yp.

I wonder if the Russians.... I mean SOVIETS ;-) did the same thing. And
what about the Chinese?

Likely. It's not that sophisticated a concept. It's just that the Deutschers
had more airfields and more major highways with which to do it.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

When the US Interstate Highway system was being designed and
constructed in the 1960s, a feature of the design was that at least
one in every five miles of roadway would be straight and suitable for
use by military aircraft in the case of extreme unpleasantness with
the Soviets.

I had heard that, and I believe I had also seen that this is not the case.
I could not find anything one way or the other.

Do you happen to know of a citation from some authority that says what you
stated?

I have heard the myth also, but read the following.


http://geography.about.com/gi/dynami...mileinfive.htm

ONE MILE IN FIVE: Debunking the Myth

by Richard F. Weingroff

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:36:31 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Bob" wrote

When the US Interstate Highway system was being designed and
constructed in the 1960s, a feature of the design was that at least
one in every five miles of roadway would be straight and suitable for
use by military aircraft in the case of extreme unpleasantness with
the Soviets.

I had heard that, and I believe I had also seen that this is not the case.
I could not find anything one way or the other.

Do you happen to know of a citation from some authority that says what you
stated?

Seems Google isn't my friend after all...

Sounds like the Air Force wanted something along these lines, but it
didn't get done in the end.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/turner.htm

Scratch another urban myth. I'll go wash my brain out with soup.

Bob ^,,^