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You’re all over the place. We are now allowed to overfly Russia. http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a26026/russian-military-plane-overfly-u
by melling 9y ago
You’re all over the place. We are now allowed to overfly Russia.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a26026/russian-military-plane-overfly-us-canada/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a2602...
When you control the sky’s you don’t need to fly at 6000 mph.
We have bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan, for example.
Which mission profiles are you describing that are actually needed to fly at hypersonic speed? A lot of these countries are quite small for that speed. A 100 miles a minute.
- Xylakant 9y agoI’m pointing out that the legality of overflying a country has always been and still is a lesser concern. Mission profiles better suited to a plane than a satellite: anything that requires loitering, returning to a target, anything that requires a curved path that a satellite cannot fly or anything that requires close up - optics on satellites are good, but fundamental physics limits the achievable resolution. Hypersonic speed might not be required to fulfill the actual mission, but it allows shorter response times on all spots. It also would allow evading most intercept attempts.