Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ...
by Tor3 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @04:29AM
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Well.. November 2003, so only after that can you claim "decades", plural.. it's a while yes, but clearly shows that at least it's in the realm of commercial aircraft, and may happen again, in principle.
Edit: By the way, that comment said, and I quote, "Name one plane that flies at more than 60,000 feet, I'll wait."
No word "commercial" there. So, aside from the Concorde, there were/are several others, some already mentioned.
Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ...
by angry_octet on Sunday February 05, 2023 @05:41AM
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No Concordes any more I'm afraid. There are no military or civilian planes that fly that high -- unless the CIA dusts off a U-2. There is no navigation risk.
In contrast, every orbital launch has to deal with 10s of thousands of pieces of space debris.
Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ...
by Tor3 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:33AM
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Several military airplanes, including fighters, can and do fly that high and more. I never said anything about navigation risks - that was from other posters. Obviously space debris is a much higher daily risk, for satellites.
Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ...
by emkemp on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:50PM
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Um, the Air Force still uses the U-2. As does NASA.
Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ...
by rjsw on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:34AM
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The F-15 and Eurofighter Typhoon have published service ceilings of 65000ft, put them in a vertical climb and they will go a lot higher than that, the Streak Eagle reached 103000ft.
Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ...
by angry_octet on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:20AM
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Still can't see any risk. You won't find F-15s flying that high except if they need to shoot a balloon.
The comment you replied to says "no commercial aircraft flies at that altitude" and the concorde hasn't flown in decades.