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Poland wants all civilian airports to be adapted for military use (notesfrompoland.com)

submitted 5 months ago by BubsyFanboy@szmer.info to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] baggins@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

Nothing wrong with being prepared.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So once war starts there is nowhere to flee because Russia will need to bombard all the civilian infrastructure first?

I don't have a better suggestion but it sounds kind of off.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 8 points 5 months ago

Russia bombards all the civilian infra immediately anyways, because it creates a crisis that the defenders have to manage. It's better to have a your defensive forces close to your civilian populace, than having to fly over to them once the attack has already started.

Remember, day 1 of the current Russian invasion, they tried to seize Kyiv airport, to bring in transport planes. The civilian airports are strategic targets even without any military presence.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is what Switzerland does. Saves a ton of money on infra and maintenance costs, and keeps your defensive forces closer to the cities that enemies will be attacking.

[–] Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, and what's even cooler, they've recently made it so the Swiss air force can now even operate outside of office hours! (A small oversight that only lasted a few decades)

Now we only need to figure out the logistics of keeping at least a few planes fully operational at all times.