{"id":66641,"date":"2016-07-01T10:04:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T14:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66641"},"modified":"2016-07-01T10:04:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T14:04:53","slug":"russian-surveillance-aircraft-to-fly-over-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66641","title":{"rendered":"Russian surveillance aircraft to fly over US"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tupolev-154\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Our buddy, Susan Katz Keating<\/a> writes about how the Obama Administration is allowing Russian aircraft, a Tupolev-154 nicknamed “Careless” to fly over the continental United States with it’s special, advanced cameras.<\/p>\n

The flight will be held under the auspices of the Open Skies Treaty, a 2002 international agreement that allows 34 signatory nations to fly over one another’s territory and monitor military installations.<\/p>\n

The decision comes in the wake of a strongly worded letter to President Barack Obama from three key national security lawmakers who urged the White House to refuse Russia’s request to install upgraded sensors on its Open Skies overflight aircraft.<\/p>\n

“In recent years, instead of using the Treaty for its intended purpose, Russia has been using its Open Skies flights to expand its espionage capabilities,” stated the June 14 letter, which was signed by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX).<\/p>\n

“Given the threat to U.S. national security and Russia\u2019s continued failure to uphold both the spirit and letter of its commitments under the agreement, we urge you to deny this request and explore whether commercially available satellite imagery can better fulfill the goals of this Treaty,” the lawmakers wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The State Department claims that the intent of the treaty is “confidence building”. It’s working – I’m now confident that the Obama Administration is a bunch of incompetent boobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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