Overcoming the Illusion of Security: Creating a New Spacefaring Security Strategy Paradigm
Abstract
America's economic viability and military strength depend on the security of its space systems. However, current U.S. space strategy fails to ensure free access to, and use of, space. The increasingly congested, contested, and competitive space environment require a change in the U.S. strategic approach to secure spacefaring. The new National Strategy for Spacefaring Security provides the conceptual framework to ensure the U.S. has the secure, unencumbered, and sustainable use of space. The strategy outlines an approach to establish spacefaring security, spacefaring protection, and global engagement capabilities. It provides a focused, cohesive strategy to allow the U.S. to focus limited resources while simultaneously addressing a wide range of challenges. The nested approach blends U.S. government and commercial security activities and works towards establishing the necessary capabilities, international policies, and organizations to improve spacefaring security for all nations. Each layer of the strategic model requires unique but interdependent resources to achieve the objectives. The layers of the model represent the strategic ways and the resources represent the means. Using the ends, ways, and means strategy model helps identify capabilities and structural gaps thereby outlining major risk areas. The goal of the National Strategy for Spacefaring Security is to build national strength while creating an international regime to deal with today's space environment and associated security concerns.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA606580
Entities
People
- Dawn M. Githens
Organizations
- National Defense University