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the no man's land above 65,000 feet but below an outer space orbit
Originally posted by skippytjc
I also wonder what a country would think about having one of these parked 65,000 feet up, just outside thier airspace? I mean, at that altitude it wouldnt be that hard to simply look into countries without actually violating thier space.
[edit on 14-12-2004 by skippytjc]
Originally posted by shots
Originally posted by skippytjc
I also wonder what a country would think about having one of these parked 65,000 feet up, just outside thier airspace? I mean, at that altitude it wouldnt be that hard to simply look into countries without actually violating thier space.
[edit on 14-12-2004 by skippytjc]
Francis Gary Powers was shot down from 80,000 ft. This being the case, one can only assume that you have to be in orbit in order to be exempt from traveling over a countries air space legaly without obtaining their permission.
Who needs permission when you are stealthy? At those altitude aircraft rarely make contrails so it would be hard to detect electronically and visibly.
Stealth has nothing to do with it. In order to over fly a country you need to get their permission, that is the law.
Read this link at the bottom it explains the reasoning.
Originally posted by ChrisRT
Stealth has nothing to do with it. In order to over fly a country you need to get their permission, that is the law.
Read this link at the bottom it explains the reasoning.
Once again, who needs permission when you have a stealthy, non-detectible aircraft? What you don�t know can�t hurt you... It's been done before and will be done again.