Policy Recommendation for the United States Regarding the Weaponization of Space

Abstract

Picture this scenario: The year is 2025 and control of Kashmir is again at the forefront of international politics. Rivers and tributaries that feed northern India and Pakistan originate in Kashmir adding to the complexity and importance of this long-disputed territory. Population growth in both Pakistan and India has strained water resources and so stalemate is not an option for Pakistan this time. Their militaries have traded company-sized conventional skirmish victories, but Pakistan is determined to win the decades old conflict with its much larger neighbor and help relieve water scarcity for the agrarian countryside. Having developed space-based weaponry with Chinas funding and technical aid, Pakistan destroys two critical Indian intelligence and imagery satellites hours before launching a ground attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1019549

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Briggs

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Department Of Defense
  • Foreign Relations
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Applications
  • National Security
  • Space Objects
  • Space Systems
  • Space Weapons
  • Spacecraft
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Treaties
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites