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Fair comment Bushman. Since RAF Brize Norton PR don't appear to respond to any comments, I'll have a go. Most major air hubs are one or two runways, and this is a major air hub. Locally, to me, we have two major USAFE (Europe) air bases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath, both of which operate from single runways. I think single runways are the modern norm for western militaries, even on the multitude of military air bases where it would, with funding, be possible to maintain and operate two or three runways as they were originally designed in the Second World War. The UK has a legacy of pre-Second World War airfields with single runways but that's another matter. In the modern age, I'm not sure multiple runways makes a difference given modern runway denial weaponry. As for Brize, I'd be more concerned that the UK has sat all it's aircraft lift and refueling assets on a single base. Now, that's absolutely stupid. One well placed runway denial weapon and you've lost the lot. In fact, as another aside, the entire UK air defence assets are on two air bases (I'm ignoring Marham, which isn't air defence). That's also absolutely stupid. But, given a couple of high-yield nukes could devastate the UK military, actually devastate the whole of the UK, what does it really all matter. I cross my fingers, I pray, for deliverance from the world's reliance on military forces. Why can't we all just accept our differences and get along.

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