Online Journal of Space Communication
Abstract
Arguably, one of the most significant global security policy debates of the 21st century is whether the United States and more specifically the Bush Administration should develop and deploy space-based weaponry. The age of space is upon us. But how convinced is the rest of America, the West and potential adversaries of the legitimate need to do so? For almost half a century, the world's space powers have abstained from deploying such weapons as basic unwritten policy. To date, the military has been limited to surveillance, navigation and communications satellites
Recommended Citation
Sweet, Kathleen M.
(2021)
"Space-Based Offensive Weapons: Have Policymakers Discussed This Enough?,"
Online Journal of Space Communication: Vol. 3:
Iss.
6, Article 5.
Available at:
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/spacejournal/vol3/iss6/5
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