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Monday, May 26, 2014

Reports: China Turns Motorway into Military Airstrip

Su-27 FlankerChina has flown warplanes on to and from a civilian road for the first time, state media said Monday, a technique which could be used for "emergency landings during wartime".

An image of a fighter jet taking off from a motorway in the central province of Henan -- with a petrol station in the background -- appeared in the state-run Global Times newspaper.

China's airforce "test-flew warplanes using highways for take-offs and landings" to enhance "the air force's capabilities of emergency landing and coordination between military and civilian forces", the report said.

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