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The area lying immediately above the land and the sea of a state\'s territory. Each state enjoys sovereignty (sense 2) over the air space above its territory and its territorial sea at least up to the height at which the density of the air is sufficient for conventional aircraft to fly. How far state sovereignty extends beyond that is unclear, but state practice suggests that the flight through the higher air space of objects launched for peaceful or scientific purposes is in any event permissible. The passage through airspace of all types of foreign aircraft – scheduled services, military planes and private ones – requires the consent of the subjacent state. It was the First World War (1914–18) which precipitated general acceptance of the doctrine of state sovereignty over air space. Previously, its status had been contentious. |
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