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 this is questionable, what alternative do you suggest?
Build as many as possible underground tanks NOW. Distribute them geographically.
Fill it and have surface-to-air missiles ready.
Basements converted to fuel tanks. And barrels in basements. Supplied via small flexible garden hoses to the main basement tank in the area, from which there’s a bigger hose/pipe.
Decentralized system, I like the idea.
Put the biggest tank under the orphanage.