Unarmed Russian Military Plane buzzes Washington D.C

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/us/russian-air-force-tu154-overflight-dc/index.html

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The Treaty on Open Skies is probably one of those treaties we're better off exiting, if only to prevent hostile powers like Russia from gathering intelligence on us.

[Santander]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/us/russian-air-force-tu154-overflight-dc/index.html

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The Treaty on Open Skies is probably one of those treaties we're better off exiting, if only to prevent hostile powers like Russia from gathering intelligence on us.

I mean, they have satellites, cyber intelligence, and thousands of spies on the ground. They don't need birds to gather intel.

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/us/russian-air-force-tu154-overflight-dc/index.html

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The Treaty on Open Skies is probably one of those treaties we're better off exiting, if only to prevent hostile powers like Russia from gathering intelligence on us.

I mean, they have satellites, cyber intelligence, and thousands of spies on the ground. They don't need birds to gather intel.

As any CIA spook would tell you, every little bit helps.

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Well, our aerial spying on Russia during the cold war may have had negative value because it allowed them to be the first to photograph the far side of the moon.

[Virginiá]

I mean, they have satellites, cyber intelligence, and thousands of spies on the ground. They don't need birds to gather intel.

I agree in the case of Russia and some other countries (like China), who all have capabilities to observe us without flying birds above us like this, but there are a lot of other signatories to that treaty that probably do not have the same capabilities.

Although, I guess in regards to members like Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia, you could argue that they do not really have a pressing need to make recon flights like this either.

[Gass3268]

We get to do the same in Russia.

[Crumpets]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/us/russian-air-force-tu154-overflight-dc/index.html

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The Treaty on Open Skies is probably one of those treaties we're better off exiting, if only to prevent hostile powers like Russia from gathering intelligence on us.

I mean, they have satellites, cyber intelligence, and thousands of spies on the ground. They don't need birds to gather intel.

As any CIA spook would tell you, every little bit helps.

Exactly, so why should we blindfold ourselves to what's going on in Russia, given this is a two-way treaty?