airspace

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During the meeting, preparedness of "different layers" of the security and safety mechanism at airports as well as in the airspace were assessed in the wake of these inputs, the sources said.

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  1. noun The portion of the atmosphere above a particular land area, especially that of a political subdivision such as a nation.
  2. noun The space occupied by an aircraft.
  3. noun A designated sector of space, such as that in the vicinity of an airport.

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  • This airspace was always in the immediate vicinity of the airfield basing district. —  Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
  • This deep penetration by the "hunters" into enemy airspace was accompanied by loss of radio communication with the ground vectoring station. —  Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
  • But to do so, it would need to fly through Iraqi airspace -- airspace currently controlled by the U.S. military. —  The American Prospect Articles
  • "Fifth, in cooperation with our friends and allies, we will seek a new U.N. Security Council resolution, with a provision for enforcement, banning all flights in Bosnian airspace except those authorized by the U.N. If asked by the U.N., the U.S. will participate in enforcement measures." —  CommonDreams.org Headlines
  • The Kremlin is annoyed by this radar station because it would give the U.S. the capability to track every aircraft in Russian airspace all the way to the Urals -- a capability proponents of the system in Washington tend to downplay, since they prefer to portray Moscow as recalcitrant or paranoid for opposing it. —  Russia Blog
 

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