United States National Space Policy and Its Implication on the Operational Commander.

Abstract

The United States National Space Policy strives for a balanced space program to serve national security, foreign, and economic policies. The goals established in the recently released policy statement have remained constant over the past 30 years and clearly link our space program to national security. Important to the operational commander, this statement for the first time acknowledges the use of satellites for the purpose of surveillance and intelligence collection. In addition, it places greater emphasis on commercial space development for both national security and economic purposes; an emphasis that cannot be ignored by the operational commander. The less strict security constraints allows the operational commander to incorporate these national space assets into pre-war plans and operational designs. In addition, relaxed security requirements leads to the proliferation of commercial space systems in the areas of imagery, navigation, communication, and weather.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 13, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328212

Entities

People

  • William C. Wellman

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Cold War
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Space Based
  • Space Systems
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.

Technology Areas

  • Space