F-35A fighter jets land on highway in a world first - Reuters

[TexasTowelie]

This is the moment two Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jets landed on a highway for the first time, seen in footage shot by the Norwegian military.

[True Dough]

1. That's one way to

beat rush hour!

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. Good to see.

That was the thing with Russian MIGs, supposedly they could land and refuel just about anywhere.

[magicarpet]

3. Landing a fighter jet on the highway,... ?

That is fine as long as they keep out of the bike lane.

[ancianita]

4. The Finns are serious about their border with Russia.

[dickthegrouch]

5. Those highways are built for winter weather

And therefore much thicker and stronger than regular highways.
I’d hesitate to try that in a different climate zone.

[Gore1FL]

7. The F-35B could probably land anywhere flat with VTOL, safely

It might leave some indentations, though!

I would hate to see the scenario you describe with an F-35A!

[Martin68]

6. All the Interstate highways built in the 1950s had right and left lanes divided so that they could

be used by the air force in a war with the USSR, and it would be more difficult for the enemy to bomb both lanes.

[erronis]

8. Did not know that - a very interesting fact.

Shows that military & intelligence can be used in the same sentence.

[Kali]

9. I'm a little skeptical of those shoulders

maybe a "test" highway. my impression is the US is the "worst" for excessive shoulder widths. everywhere in the world I have been (admittedly not that many countries, but a few) shoulders were narrow to nonexistent.