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The difference between a baloon and a satellite is pretty massive, and airspace != space. Granted, there is no clear border between those two (the Kármán line
by inglor_cz 4y ago
The difference between a baloon and a satellite is pretty massive, and airspace != space. Granted, there is no clear border between those two (the Kármán line is somewhat artificial), but there is a clear difference between orbiting stuff and stuff that needs air in order to fly, and long term behavior of powers that be clearly distinguishes between those two.
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoI suspect historically it had more to do with capabilities than anything else. If you had the power to shoot it down, you would, and nobody could shoot down a satellite. Of course now, everybody and their brother has satellites and shooting them down would be major bad for everybody involved.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoYes. In practice, your airspace is what you can defend. This kind of thing has a long history -- the old "three mile limit" for territorial waters had more to do with the maximum range of cannon than it did anything else.