{"id":2261554,"date":"2024-06-06T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/switzerland-practices-wartime-maneuver-for-first-time-in-decades\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:41:00","slug":"switzerland-practices-wartime-maneuver-for-first-time-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/switzerland-practices-wartime-maneuver-for-first-time-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland Executes Wartime Drill After Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswitzerland-practices-wartime-maneuver-for-first-time-in-decades%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Switzerland has\u2064 surprised \u2063many with \u200brecent \u200bmilitary drills, including a wartime exercise\u200c not seen since 1991. \u2064The \u200bdrill \u200binvolved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kushner-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Kushner Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize\">fighter jets<\/a> \u2063landing on a highway, testing emergency operations. Switzerland&#8217;s \u200cmove to phase out outdated fighter jets for stealth fighters\u2062 from \u2064the U.S. shows its readiness for potential conflicts, \u2064even \u200dthough its traditional stance of \u2062neutrality \u2062remains \u2062intact. Switzerland&#8217;s recent military drills, \u2062featuring a wartime exercise unseen\u200d since\u2064 1991, included fighter jets landing on a highway to test emergency \u2063operations.\u2062 The country&#8217;s\u200b transition from outdated fighter jets to stealth fighters from the U.S. demonstrates preparedness \u2063for potential\u200c conflicts, all while maintaining its traditional stance of neutrality.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 6, 2024 at 1:05pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The historically neutral Switzerland has been raising eyebrows of late, thanks to the recent military drills the country has undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>Though Switzerland maintains a robust military force, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-star-dedicates-win-to-victims-of-communism-this-fight-is-for-all-the-people-whove-been-hurt-by-marxists-ideologies\/\" title=\"UFC Star Dedicates Win To Victims Of Communism: \u2018This Fight Is For All The People Who\u2019ve Been Hurt By Marxists Ideologies\u2019\">mandatory military service<\/a> for Swiss men, they typically have kept their drills to their airfields or military bases.<\/p>\n<p>But on Wednesday, as Agence France-Presse reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/swiss-fighter-jets-switch-runway-for-motorway-eb7b3d49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barron\u2019s<\/a>, Switzerland undertook a drill that practiced a wartime maneuver for the first time since 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Known as an Alpha Uno exercise, the drill involved the Swiss air force using its F\/A-18 fighter jets to practice landing on a stretch of the highway instead of a runway.<\/p>\n<p>The drill shut down one of the main motorways, the A1 highway between the towns of Avenches and Payerne, for 36 hours. The objective was to ensure that the air force could continue operating even if their bases were hit.<\/p>\n<p>They also noted that, while this particular sort of exercise was not unusual for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nato-fighters-scrambled-defend-airspace-amid-russian-aerial-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO<\/a>, it was unusual for Switzerland, considering, again, this had not been done in over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Taking off from the military base in Payerne Wednesday morning, the F\/A-18 used for the test landed uneventfully at 10 am that morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video: Fighter jets take off and land on highway in Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Uno exercise ensures the airforce can operate if its bases are hit during a conflict<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JwIZjIF3dH\">https:\/\/t.co\/JwIZjIF3dH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gulf News (@gulf_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gulf_news\/status\/1798384290050302369?\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Swiss government also noted that the exercise was undertaken because most of the Swiss air force\u2019s assets are concentrated in just three air bases: Payerne in the west, Meiringen in the central area, and Emmen, near Lucerne, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/swiss-air-force-lands-fighter-planes-motorway-training-exercise-2024-06-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will we see Switzerland go to war in our lifetime?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That, the government said, makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-nato-meeting-discuss-allowing-ukraine-attack-targets-inside-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the country\u2019s military<\/a> vulnerable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-missile-attack-kills-21-near-odesa-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Russian Missile Attack Kills 21 Near Odesa in Ukraine\">long-range attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, they decided to work on decentralizing their air force and military assets, rather than allowing the chance of their entire military getting taken out by one potential attack.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the Swiss government and air force were perhaps not just preparing for a hypothetical future war.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fighter-jet-lands-highway-emergency-training-exercise-1908478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> noted, the exercises were partly in response to the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the fear that those tensions may spill over to the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddedSWISS: HEY LOOK, WE CAN LAND OUR JET ON A HIGHWAY\u2026<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since 1991, Swiss fighter jets successfully landed on a motorway in a security rare drill aimed at testing emergency operations from improvised locations.<\/p>\n<p>Pilot Alain von Bueren after landing his F\/A-18\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdPofzWvXJ\">pic.twitter.com\/KdPofzWvXJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/1798302597322805564?\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Likewise, between 2027 and 2030, the Swiss government is planning to phase out its fleet of outdated F\/A-18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-eu-chief-vows-member-states-will-soon-supply-fighter-jets-soar-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fighter jets<\/a> for a $6 billion fleet of 36 F-35 stealth fighters from the U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n<p>Was this Alpha Uno maneuver a sign that Switzerland will finally break its longstanding stance of neutrality, a stance they have adhered to strictly since 1815?<\/p>\n<p>Most likely not.<\/p>\n<p>Part of what has ensured that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/switzerland-mails-iodine-tablets-5-million-residents-case-nuclear-disaster-take-request-authorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switzerland<\/a> has lasted as long as it has, while other nations have risen and fallen all around it, is the country\u2019s refusal to fight on behalf of other states.<\/p>\n<p>That is what enabled Switzerland to survive for hundreds of years virtually unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s impressive military likewise made other countries think twice about attacking them.<\/p>\n<p>These maneuvers do not mean that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-week-elites-switzerland-set-stage-cashless-society-1-world-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switzerland<\/a> is going to war anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Still, in war, impending or otherwise, it never hurts to be prepared.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at 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She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Allison Anton on June 6, 2024, at 1:05 pm, Switzerland, known for its neutrality, sparks interest with recent military exercises. 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