NATO is planning to build a pipeline system from Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic to ensure a rapid supply of jet fuel for fighter aircraft in the event of a war with Russia, weekly German magazine Der Spiegel reported.
The existing Cold War-era pipeline system of the military alliance currently ends in western Germany.
Der Spiegel cited an internal memo from the Bundeswehr - Germany’s armed forces - as stating that there are “significant problems in the sustainable fuel supply for forces that would need to be deployed to the eastern border in case of emergency”.
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If we are talking JP-8 which is kerosene based fuel it’s questionable if there even would be an explosion. Did you know fuel storage is used in some tanks as an additional protection against cumulative ammunition?
Like the genius design of the BMP-1 and 2 that had fuel tanks inside the doors of the troop compartment.