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I'm sure everyone in Africa who is suspicious of the west will be enraptured at the idea of permanently ceding rights to their sovereign airspace, having drones
by pekk 13y ago
I'm sure everyone in Africa who is suspicious of the west will be enraptured at the idea of permanently ceding rights to their sovereign airspace, having drones permanently circling over them, easily monitoring all their communications and maybe taking photographs too.
Everybody in Africa trusts us implicitly, and why shouldn't they?
- pjscott 13y agoYou're aware of satellites, right?
- coldtea 13y agoYou are aware they are way above national airspace that matters, right?
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- throwaway_yy2Di 13y agoHigh-altitude balloons are above the airspace that matters -- the service ceiling of the country's surface-to-air missiles. Seriously though, there's no recognized boundary for sovereign airspace: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA436627 http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA436627
- pjscott 13y agoSatellites can listen to radio signals and take photographs. As for the third complaint, about airspace, I suppose you're right: a few exotic aircraft do fly up 20 km or above, so these could interfere slightly with aviation. So, presumably, they'll have to get a license to fly above the countries they fly above. Ho, hum.