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Air sovereignty
Right of a state to control its own airspace / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air sovereignty is the fundamental right of a sovereign state to regulate the use of its airspace and enforce its own aviation law – in extremis by the use of fighter aircraft.
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The upper limit of national airspace is not defined by international law.