Increased Military Reliance on Commercial Communications Satellites: Implications for the War Planner

Abstract

The October 1993 Department of Defense Report on the Bottom-Up Review called for a greater reliance on commercial satellites for general-purpose military communications. This policy guidance was influenced in part by the Congressionally mandated Commercial Satellite Communications Initiative (CSCI) studies. As the DoD shifts to commercial platforms, what are the corresponding implications for the war planner? Drawing on information available in the public domain, this paper will attempt to determine whether commercial satellites offer new or increased vulnerabilities; and, if so, suggest new perspectives from which future war planners should view both the protection and denial of satellite communications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA396984

Entities

People

  • Duane A. Jones

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Military Communications
  • Mobile Phones
  • Payload
  • Satellite Communications
  • Space Objects
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Software Engineering.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites