Will Current Policies and Capabilities Allow the United States to Control Space?

Abstract

The United States and the world as we knew it changed dramatically on September 11, 2001 when we were brutally attacked by operatives of Osama Bin Laden. The events of that day set into motion military action by United States and coalition forces into Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Both actions involved the extensive use of space assets to successfully prosecute the war against the Taliban Al-Qaeda and Iraqi forces. The purpose of this strategy research project is to investigate the historical basis for current policies and capabilities in order to control the ultimate high ground of space. This paper examines what space is why it is important to us in the commercial civil and military arenas what is space control and how the Unites States could control space. In doing so it determines if current policies and capabilities will enable space control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2005
Accession Number
ADA432154

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Yowell

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Space Systems
  • Surveillance
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space