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I have been in Switzetland during mobilization in the 1970s. Quite fascinating to see the barriers come down on a motorway tunnel, and then see F5s roll out of cover; tanks too.
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@Slithermotion it used to be an annual thing it seemed. I remember seeing it year after year, always impressive. One year in particular it started when we were ascending into the Bernese Oberland, and then suddely, the traffic came to a halt, as jets emerged from the tunnel ahead, taxied on the opposite carriage way and then took off. Another time, we were sat having lunch in Interlaken, when the sirens sounded. It seemed within minutes, the square was full of armed troops, later followed by the rumble of tanks. All exciting stuff when you are a kid. The last time I saw it, I was on leave from the British Army, on holiday with my parents in the same area. That must have been 78 or 79. I went again in the early 80s with a girlfriend, but no mobilisation that time.
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@tigersharkzh indeed, i'm the same. I found a video on Youtube purely by chance of me in Sarajevo in 95, acting as a NATO spokesman. I wasnt a spring chicken then, but i still had hair and was fit lol. I show grandchildren and they are shocked lol.
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