The Indonesian air force is trialling the use of toll roads as back-up runways for its aircraft to help bolster the vast archipelago's defences, a deputy minister said.
Some future toll road sections will be designed to serve as runways,” Donny added ...The DefenseMinistry will coordinate with the Public Works Ministry and toll operators to ensure emergency runway specifications are met.
“Toll roads are prepared as makeshift runways if airfields can no longer be used,” Taufanto explained, highlighting the importance of resilience in national defense planning. Translator. Dian Hadiyatna, Nabil Ihsan. Editor ... ....
Indonesia is embarking on a plan to make toll roads across the country into emergency runways for its fighter jets, giving it the equivalent of multiple aircraft carriers across the vast archipelago.
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