Talk:Treaty on Open Skies

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Article said:

Although open skies was never directly implemented, the designation of space as international territory from which reconnaissance was permitted, allowed for the survelliance and confidence building which are originally envisoned by the open skies treaty.

AFAIK, the designation of space as "international territory from which reconnaissance was permitted" predates the Open Skies Treaty by a fair bit, and dates back to the 1960s. It really had nothing to do with OST AFAIK. -- SJK

Yes, and as the article says, Open Skies was first proposed in 1955. It wasn't implemented then, and as spysats became more common, it became unnecessary. By the bye, I copied this article verbatim from a (public domain) USAF site. The opinions expressed are those of the Junior Birdmen themselves -- I am not making this stuff up. I've put the line back in.

Fine, but where you had that sentence located, you gave the impression you were talking about the actual Treaty itself, instead of the proposal for it. The Treaty may have been a proposal since the 1950s, but the Treaty itself was not signed until 1992. And anyway, the treaty (legally at least, if not in practice) has been implemented now, long after the origination of spysats... -- SJK