Counterspace Operations for Information Dominance

Abstract

The launch of the Soviet "Sputnik" satellite in October 1957 shocked the world and propelled the rhetoric and the realities of the Cold War into the space age. At the same time, the Soviet feat raised the threat of mass destruction from space, and served as the basis for strategists to argue for a means to shoot down enemy satellites. Although the arguments used to justify the need for an antisatellite (ASAT) weapon have changed in the years since "Sputnik," the policy and strategy for its employment have always focused on the need to destroy, or threaten to destroy, Soviet satellites on orbit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA361117

Entities

People

  • James G. Lee

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Applications
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Space Objects
  • Space Systems
  • Treaties
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites