So there's a rush of media stories about this. The problem is they all seem to be conflating two things:
A) The statement from the Navy
B) The spin from TTSA
And then presenting B (the spin) as if it's something official. It's not. All we have that is official is a very reasonable statement about
1) Planned (but undescribed) new guidelines for reporting unauthorized and/or unidentified airspace incursions.
2) Some briefings on the dangers of these incursions by the Navy to some congressmen and/or their staff.
Note the first thing there: "unauthorized airspace incursions." That basically means a plane flies into a region that it should not be in. The Navy Document OPNAVINST 3770.2L calls it a "spill-in"
Guidelines for handling incursions are not new. I'm not sure what is current, but here are some rules of Engagement from the 1990s:
https://www.afjag.af.mil/Portals/77/documents/AFD-081204-035.pdf . (page 61)
So until the Navy actually makes some statement about these new regulations, I'd suggestion caution in interpreting them as anything other than what they say they are.
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