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Neither Star Wars nor sanctuary : constraining the military uses of space / Michael E. O'Hanlon

Author
O'Hanlon, Michael E.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief primer on space and satellites -- 3. Current threats and technology trends -- 4. A future Taiwan Strait conflict -- 5. Arms control in space -- 6. Preserving U.S. dominance while slowing the weaponization of space -- Notes -- Index.
Summary
Space has been militarized for over four decades. Should it now be weaponized? This incisive and insightful book argues that it should not. Since the cold war, space has come to harbor many tools of the tactical warfighter. Satellites have long been used to provide strategic communication, early warning of missile launch, and arms control verification. The U.S. armed forces increasingly use space assets to locate and strike targets on the battlefield. To date, though, no country deploys destructive weapons in space, for use against space or Earth targets, and no country possesses ground-based.
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0815796471 (electronic bk.)
9780815796473 (electronic bk.)
0815764561
9780815764564
081576457X
9780815764571
1280812966
9781280812965
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-164) and index.
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