In Space Everyone Loses: Reducing the Risk of Escalation in the Space Domain Through a Three Tiered Approach

Abstract

The growing military and economic importance of space pose unique challenges and risks for U.S. operations in the theatre. The best way to maintain open access to space for the United States is to focus on establishing international norms and institutions that increase the reputational cost of initiating space warfare, that deter by resilience and by cost imposition the initiation of space warfare, as well as tie the use of first strike or escalation in the space theatre to retaliatory measures in other theatres (horizontal escalation) in order to coerce through force the upholding of those international norms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 2023
Accession Number
AD1206178

Entities

People

  • David I. Nowak-laird

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continents
  • Geographic Regions
  • Resilience
  • Space Warfare
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Linear Algebra
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space