National Security Uses of Space: Status, Prospects, and Issues

Abstract

National security uses of space have grown rapidly in the last two decades because only space platforms can perform certain vital missions. Currently, space based systems are used for information, communication, and early warning. The pressure for more, and more capable, space systems should grow as fast over the next two decades as it has in the last two in support of strategic deterrence, conventional military operations, and strategic defenses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA344989

Entities

People

  • Gregory H. Canavan
  • John C. Browne
  • Patrick J. Garrity

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Governments
  • Ground Based
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Payload
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Security
  • Space Based
  • Space Sciences
  • Space Stations
  • Space Systems
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space