Channel News Asia: Taiwan Jets Practise Emergency Landings on Freeway Amid Tensions with China

On July 21, 2004, Channel News Asia of Singapore reported the military
exercise involving two Taiwan French-made Mirage fighters to land on
major freeways, the first of its kind in 26 years. The previous
exercise was carried out before the freeway was open for public
civilian use.

Read the whole story in
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori.../96742/1/.html
which also features a picture showing one of the Mirage taking off
from the freeway.

The exercise includes a simulated landing of the Mirage 2000-5
fighters landing on the freeway, refueled and loaded with short-range
air-to-air missiles before flying into the sky again. The landing has
to be carried out by visual.

Read the press release briefing this exercise by ROC Ministry of
National Defense in
http://www.mnd.gov.tw/modnews/mininews/930721.html

Read the pictures taken by China Times in
http://photo.chinatimes.com/photofil...67NNJ/menu.htm