2 Taiwanese nationals nabbed for filming U.S. air base facilities

Happy that cleared it up then!

Ok, so legally the air base is like a shower and airplanes are like nude kids? Makes sense.

That's what I meant. It's not like they sneaked into closed airbase. They bought tickets or just entered with everyone else. The problem was there is specific law forbidding Taiwanese citizens from attending. They are not charged with anything.

If it's like the ones I've been to, it is not open to the public. You have to buy tickets and show ID. And you are restricted to certain areas.

This was during an air shop open to the public. Do you think they invited people to just walk around an army base? Or maybe there was some specific area the public could enter?

A military facility is not an open venue.

" But the suspects violated the ban and secretly entered the air show venue to commit the illegal act. "

They entered an open venue but did it "secretly"? WTF? Basically they broke some "no pictures" rule of an air show but instead of being asked to leave the venue they are charged with spying. Pretty insane.

Titles are often clickbait. That's why it's good to read the article:

"Usually, visitors are free to take pictures at air shows, but the U.S. military prohibited citizens of certain countries, including China and Taiwan, from entering the Osan Air Power Days event due to a recent series of illegal filming of Korean military facilities by Chinese people.

But the suspects violated the ban and secretly entered the air show venue to commit the illegal act."

The article also says " The police are currently reviewing whether to apply for an arrest warrant for them, the agency added. ".

So for now they are not even charged with anything. This is just badly written, clickbait article. It's not even clear if they broke the law by filming anything or just entering the air show while being Taiwanese. For all we know they were just escorted out after someone checked their documents and the author invented everything else.

READ THE ARTICLE. Jesus. It literally explains it IN the article lmfao

No. Usually it's only demonstration aircraft like the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, and the Golden Knights. And private pilot stunts. Sometimes they'll do operational fighter jets showing off, but what the article is talking about is the ones not in the show.

And it literally says "facilities" in the headline.

Aren't operational aircraft integral part of an air show? I never personally seen one but I can't imagine an air show without operational aircraft. And where does it say they took pictures of the facilities?

Read the article!

”Usually, visitors are free to take pictures at air shows, but the U.S. military prohibited citizens of certain countries, including China and Taiwan, from entering the Osan Air Power Days event due to a recent series of illegal filming of Korean military facilities by Chinese people.

But the suspects violated the ban and secretly entered the air show venue ...”

They took pictures of the facilities and operational aircraft, not the airshow. That's suspicious enough to detain someone.

During an air show. A Show. For public. With planes. They took pictures of an air show.

When there is a law that says so.

When it’s espionage. I don’t know if it was in this case but military bases are supposed to remain mostly private.

U. S. AIR BASE FACILITIES.

The article is short, read it.

It isn't, you can film people in their homes, and in the college showers.

/s

If you want to keep your planes secret, maybe don't showcase them to the public?

I mean come on! this would be very different if they were filming operations at a military base and not a show put on by the goddamn military.

How can filming be illegal?