Poland wants all civilian airports to be adapted for military use
Poland wants all civilian airports to be adapted for military use
Which, given the location and geopolitical situation, makes sense.
poland over here with that "oh no, not again" energy
Poland over here like
Russia would bomb their airports in a war regardless of whether or not they were used for military purposes, so they might as well
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.
That is a cheap way of increasing number of military airports in case of a potential Russian aggression.
Smart
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.
Gonna guess a properly set up and protected ammunition dump.
Active radar, rather than just passive that looks for transponders.
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.