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Espionage is also not considered war. Testing another country by provocative overflights or the like are also not war. I think as long as people are not killed
by ars 5y ago
Espionage is also not considered war. Testing another country by provocative overflights or the like are also not war.
I think as long as people are not killed it's not war.
- samus 5y agoEven if people are killed in some localized skirmish, or a plane gets shot down, it could be escalated but often isn't.
- pjc50 5y agoThe Russians shot down an airliner, killing 298 people, mostly Dutch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 There was very little international reaction at the time, which probably emboldened the Russian takeover of eastern Ukraine. But now Dutch artillery is being shipped to the Ukranian army.