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IAF jet lands successfully on Yamuna expressway
The Indian Air Force has carried out a successful trial of landing a combat jet on a road runway.
The IAF's Mirage 2000 successfully landed on Yamuna Expressway near Mathura on Thursday.
It's a kind of first for military aviation in India.
Road runways are used for emergency landing and become important if airbases are crippled during war times.
At present, countries such as Germany, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Finland, Switzerland, Poland, Singapore, Czechoslovakia and Pakistan have dedicated stretches on their expressways and highways for airplanes to land and take off in case of an emergency.
On condition of anonymity, a senior IAF officer said, "During the 1971 war, couple of Pakistani jets did manage to reach Agra to execute bombardments, which never happened. The stretch on Agra-Lucknow expressway will provide additional strategic points to air power, in case any emergency situation happens during conflict or at peace time."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...on-Yamuna-expressway/articleshow/47366158.cms
The Indian Air Force has carried out a successful trial of landing a combat jet on a road runway.
The IAF's Mirage 2000 successfully landed on Yamuna Expressway near Mathura on Thursday.
It's a kind of first for military aviation in India.
Road runways are used for emergency landing and become important if airbases are crippled during war times.
At present, countries such as Germany, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Finland, Switzerland, Poland, Singapore, Czechoslovakia and Pakistan have dedicated stretches on their expressways and highways for airplanes to land and take off in case of an emergency.
On condition of anonymity, a senior IAF officer said, "During the 1971 war, couple of Pakistani jets did manage to reach Agra to execute bombardments, which never happened. The stretch on Agra-Lucknow expressway will provide additional strategic points to air power, in case any emergency situation happens during conflict or at peace time."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...on-Yamuna-expressway/articleshow/47366158.cms