A Cosmic Perspective for the Warfighter: Why the Space Domain Must Stand on Its Own

Abstract

A core body of scientific knowledge must serve as the foundation for national security activities in space, applied especially to domain orientation. One-to-one warfighting domain analogies are no longer viable in describing the space domain. Warfare analogies imported from the sea domain and applied to space, for example, do not work. We must establish a corpus of knowledge that marries space science with military framing. Importing principles from other domains (e.g., control of the sea or maritime law from the sea domain and applying it to space) is misguided and limiting. With a cosmic perspective, the warfighter can proceed with securing a complete standalone domain upon which to build a military theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 2021
Accession Number
AD1180281

Entities

People

  • Matthew D. Sanchez

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Artificial Satellites
  • Birds
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • International Relations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Oceanography
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Space Debris
  • Space Environments
  • Space Objects
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Students
  • United States Strategic Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space