7500 Effective today, the United States is no longer a party to the Open Skies Treaty: Signed March 24, 1992, the Open Skies Treaty permits each state-party to conduct short-notice, unarmed, reconnaissance flights over the others' entire territories to collect data on military forces and activities. (media.patriots.win) posted 144 days ago by I-am-Orlando 144 days ago by I-am-Orlando +7500 / -0 738 comments share 738 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (738) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 29 ▼ – Malfunction 29 points 144 days ago +29 / -0 Signed in '92. Spy satellites already existed and the technology was advancing rapidly so why would George CIA Bush agree to a treaty that only helped our adversaries? (Rhetorical question.) permalink save report block reply ▲ 8 ▼ – jamrs 8 points 144 days ago +8 / -0 It went both ways. It let us fly over their counties too. Idea was "trust but verify" that your adversaries weren't up to something permalink parent save report block reply
Signed in '92. Spy satellites already existed and the technology was advancing rapidly so why would George CIA Bush agree to a treaty that only helped our adversaries? (Rhetorical question.)
It went both ways. It let us fly over their counties too. Idea was "trust but verify" that your adversaries weren't up to something