weaponization of space
| force projection
u.s. missiles
| other missiles
| missile defense
space force application - Combat operations in, through, and from space to influence the course and outcome of conflict. The space force application mission area includes ballistic missile defense and force projection. See also ballistic missile; force protection; space.
- from the DoD Dictionary
STRATCOM fact sheet description of this mission
force application chapter (very short) from DoD Space Technology Guide
Key Air Force Space Programs (local copy), the Space section of AF Handbook for Congress
- communications systems, sensors, launch/lift resources, satellite control systems, weather systems, counterspace systems, attack warning, space-based radar, and GPS
- Weaponization of Space ___[return to top]
- Weaponization of Space, Air University Library bibliography
- Space-Based Weapons, Air University Library bibliography
- Weaponization of Space Project, Henry L. Stimson Center
- Global Security - space weapons, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Weaponization Of Space: Understanding Strategic and Technological Inevitabilities, by Bell, for the AU Center for Strategy and Technology
- Space Weapons, Earth Wars, 2002, Rand report
- The Weaponization of Space - It Doesn't Happen in a Vacuum, by Belote, in Aerospace Power Journal, Spring 2000
- Space Arms Control - a Skeptical View, by Dr Colin Gray, in Air University Review, Nov-Dec 1985 - philosophical aspects still worth reviewing
- Space is a special, or unique, environment in that states do not own it, no one lives there, and its physical properties are certainly unique. However, space is not special in the sense that states are, or will be, behaving there in ways fundamentally different from their settled habits of mixed cooperation and conflict in the three other geographical dimensions of political engagement. The militarization of space, which is now far advanced and shows no indication of diminishing, creates a major incentive for the development and deployment of ASAT (antisatellite) and active DSAT (defense satellite) capabilities. The development and deployment of large terrestrially based arsenals of long-range missiles that must leave the atmosphere for much of their flight create, inexorably, powerful incentives to develop and deploy effective countervailing weapon technologies that would have to be either space-based or, at the least, assisted by support platforms in space. In addition, again inexorably, the potential deployment of an architecture of ballistic missile defense that had key elements space-based must generate, indeed mandate, very robust DSAT capability. DSAT is not necessarily synonymous with ASAT, but the technical overlap could be considerable.
- Warfare in Space, from Space Power Theory, by Oberg
- Star Wars in Real Life: Political Limitations on Space Warfare, by Kagan, in Parameters, Autumn 1998
- Finding the Middle Ground: the U.S. Air Force, Space Weaponization, and Arms Control, ACSC paper, 2003
- Prompt Global Strikes Through Space: What Military Value, AWC paper, 2000
- Can the U.S. Air Force Weaponize Space?, AWC paper, 1998
- How to Institutionalize Space Superiority in the United States Air Force, AWC paper, 2002
- China's Space Program and Its Implications for the United States, AWC paper, 1995
- Securing the Heavens: A Perspective on Space Control Playing Defense and Offense: Employing Rescue Resources as Offensive Weapons, SAAS paper, 1999
- Force Projection ___[return to top]
- Four Myths about Space Power, by Elhefnawy, in Parameters, Spring 2003
- Does the United States Need Space-based Weapons?, SAAS paper, 1998
- Securing the Heavens: A Perspective on Space Control Playing Defense and Offense: Employing Rescue Resources as Offensive Weapons, SAAS paper, 1999
- Integrating Space-Based Fires into the Joint Force After Next, ACSC paper, 2000
- Space Operations in the Joint Warfighting Arena: the Viability of a Joint Force Space Component Commander, ACSC paper, 2000
- UCAV- The Next Generation Air-Superiority Fighter?, SAAS paper, 2002
- The Need for a Dedicated Space Vehicle for Defensive Counterspace Operations, ACSC paper, 1998
- Virtual Space Control: a Broader Perspective, ACSC paper, 1998
- Higher Eyes in the Sky: The Feasibility of Moving AWACS and JSTARS Functions Into Space, SAAS paper, 1998
- Integrating Space into an Air Expeditionary Force, ACSC paper, 1999
- Access to Space: Routine, Responsive, and Flexible - Implications for an Expeditionary Air Force, ACSC paper, 1999
- U.S. Missiles and Systems ___[return to top]
- Other Missiles and Systems ___[return to top]
- Missile Defense ___[return to top]
- See also Missile Threat at the USAF Counterproliferation Center
- See also Missile Defense at the USAF Counterproliferation Center
- Attack Operations - First Layer of an Integrated Missile Defense, by Krause, in Air & Space Power Journal - Spring 2003
- US Northern Command (NORTHCOM)
- U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
- Joint National Integration Center (JNIC) - provides missile defense analysis, engineering, testing, etc.
- Missile Defense Agency (MDA), formerly known as Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO)
- Alternate Approaches to Space Tracking and Surveillance System Need to Be Considered, GAO report, 2003, highlights
- Ballistic Missile Defense for Europe, AWC paper, 1997
- National Security Decision Directive Number 119 - Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 06 Jan 1984
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