Space System Vulnerabilities and Defenses

Abstract

Most modern nations are dependent to some degree on space but the U.S. is perhaps the worlds most space dependent nation. Space assets are involved in most daily activities such as withdrawing money at an ATM machine, making a phone call, or watching television. While the use of space arguably increases the quality of life in space faring nations as well as large portions of the rest of the world, there is also a downside to space use. As nations, especially the U.S., become more dependent upon space they are also more vulnerable to attack by an enemy. The following discussion will begin by outlining how nations depend on space, explore some simple scenarios if enemies denied the use of space, discuss the vulnerabilities of space systems, then conclude with some defensive concepts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1019732

Entities

People

  • Raymond G. Partlow

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Carrier Waves
  • False Signals
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Ground Stations
  • Jamming
  • Military Operations
  • Navigation
  • Noise Jamming
  • Orbits
  • Quality Of Life
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Space Systems
  • Universities

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space