The Benevolent Hegemon: The United States National Space Protection Strategy-Anchored in Cooperation Not Technology

Abstract

Space capabilities contribute significantly to all aspects of our daily lives, from multi-national banking and urban planning, to worldwide telecommunications and robust materials distribution operations, to tactical and strategic military applications. The data and information from space has become critical to our way of life. Specifically for the United States military, space capabilities are force multipliers to our global warfighters. Therefore, protecting these capabilities is paramount and must be a national priority with a foundation built upon international cooperation and augmented with a few critical passive protection devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1019734

Entities

People

  • Erin R. Gulden

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Aircraft
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Debris
  • Space Objects
  • Space Systems
  • Space Weapons
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Space