Swiss pilots in fighter jets have practised taking off and landing on a motorway in Payerne, south of Lake Neuchâtel in western Switzeland, as part of exercises to potentially use in times of war. On a motorway bridge between fields with a distinct smell of liquid manure in the air, the deputy commander of the air force, Brigadier Christian Oppliger, said he was pleased with the so-called “Alpha Uno capability test” on Wednesday. The pilots of the F/A-18s had made perfect landings, he said. The aircraft had a landing speed of around 260 kilometres per hour. The a stretch of several kilometres …