Military Uses of Space.

Abstract

This report reviews the information gathering, offensive, and defensive uses of space. The report concludes that, while all defensive uses are likely to grow, the most important ones are warning, verification, target relocation, and defense. There are currently three main military uses of space: information gathering, strategic offense, and strategic defense. This report gives a brief discussion of each, together with a rough indication of how their importance is likely to change over the next one to two decades. It concludes that all are likely to grow, but the most important uses are warning, verification, relocation of movable targets, and defense.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA344611

Entities

People

  • Bo West
  • Gregory H. Canavan

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Countermeasures
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Reconnaissance
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Ussr
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space