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National Space Policy: NSDD-42 (issued on July 4th, 1982)
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June 15th 04, 01:50 PM
Scott M. Kozel
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National Space Policy: NSDD-42 (issued on July 4th, 1982)
(Stuf4) wrote:
The Hague Rules of Air Warfare
The Hague, December, 1922-February, 1923
http://lawofwar.org/hague_rules_of_air_warfare.htm
Excerpts:
CHAPTER I-Applicability: Classification and Marks.
ARTICLE III
A military aircraft shall bear an external mark indicating its nation;
and military character.
[Note: There are no external markings on military shuttle missions
that indicate the military character of its missions (-the original
point in question-).]
A space shuttle is an 'aircraft' for relatively brief portions of its
mission, and then only for ascent-to-orbit and descent-from-orbit.
Its actual mission is carried out in space, where "Rules of Air Warfare"
and rules for "military aircraft" do not apply to a spacecraft.
Scott M. Kozel