| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-164) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Space warfare.
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Space warfare. |
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Astronautics, Military -- United States.
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Astronautics, Military. |
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United States. |
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Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
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Ballistic missile defenses. |
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World politics -- 21st century.
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
United States -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Hanlon, Michael E. Neither Star Wars nor sanctuary. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004 0815764561 081576457X (DLC) 2004004467 (OCoLC)54529750 |
| ISBN |
0815796471 (electronic book) |
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9780815796473 (electronic book) |
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0815764561 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815764564 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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081576457X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815764571 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1280812966 |
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9781280812965 |
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