17 Jul
2001
17 Jul
'01
10:01 a.m.
At 12:43 PM 7/17/01 +0100, Ken Brown wrote:
Of course, as someone else pointed out in the parallel thread, the diplomats thought of it as well, and limited airspace to a hundred somethings (can't remember what. Kilometres I assume. If it was miles some eccentric-orbit spy satellites might get into the airspace. Though it is hard to imagine the CIA paying their Iraqi taxbill for reconnaissance overflights).
Yes and 'territorial waters' are defined by the range of ship to shore artillery (of past). 100 km was once ununattainable, ergo indefensable, ergo written off by the 'diplomats' Things change. There's rockets hitting rockets up there now.