ELI5: How do countries keep track of which aircraft are flying over their land, how do they know someone isn’t secretly flying over for military reasons without permission?
How do countries know if a plane is flying over them without permission? How can they tell whether it’s a normal flight or something suspicious, and what happens when they don’t recognize it? How do they detect it, identify it, and figure out whether it’s authorized or not?
Posted Apr 9, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC
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