UK to send Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 fighter jets to Finland to test ability to take off and land on highway

The UK will soon test the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4's ability to operate from public roads.

use. To achieve this, the Royal Air Force will send fourth generation fighters to Finland.

What is known

Finland has already proven the possibility of fightersF/A-18 Hornet (pictured below) take off and land on a highway. For such exercises, a section of the road is blocked in the country, and residents can come to see the planes that drive around the highway like cars.

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The UK plans todemonstration flights of the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 taking off and landing on the motorway for several months. This was stated by Air Marshal Harvey Smith (Harvey Smyth).

The event will be part of an effort tothat the exercises are as close as possible to real military combat operations. It is possible that in the event of a military conflict infrastructure will be destroyed or damaged, so the planes will have to do without ideal runways, and they must be prepared for this.

Source: Aviation Week