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Re:Why would a 21st century warplane shoot a balloon with a ... by croes on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:45AM (#34676516)
At certain heights you are in space and space is international. Anything above 110km is normally considered space, anything below 60km is a country's air space, anything between is a grey area.

That's why the gean BND had it's Space theory to justify it's spying.

The chinese was way below that a ca. 19km

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Re:Why would a 21st century warplane shoot a balloon with a ... by ericmay on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:37AM (#34677082)
I’d say it’s best to think of that gray zone as more of a nobody really operates here zone.
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