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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Which, given the location and geopolitical situation, makes sense.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

poland over here with that "oh no, not again" energy

Poland over here like

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Russia would bomb their airports in a war regardless of whether or not they were used for military purposes, so they might as well

[–] robbinhood@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Seems like a wise idea. I kinda always assumed that air ports had systems in place to flip over to war-mode relatively easily, but that was just an unsubstantiated assumption.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

That is a cheap way of increasing number of military airports in case of a potential Russian aggression.

[–] Ziggurat@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What do military need that the civilian airport do not have ? True question. Sure the grass trip airfield where hobbyist fly may not be suited for military use, but I would believe that in larger airport, most of the facilites are at least existing.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Gonna guess a properly set up and protected ammunition dump.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Mechanics that are certified to work on military air frames.
Extra hangars/parking spots, with security controlling access. Parts warehouse.

Just few things that come to mind.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Active radar, rather than just passive that looks for transponders.

[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago