Maintaining Space Superiority

Abstract

As professionals working within the air and space community, we must understand the strategic policy environment in order to employ air and space power effectively. This includes knowing US national objectives and the ways that both national and international laws shape and constrain decision making. A commander directing in-theater air operations who observes an approaching aircraft can make a decision quickly, based on the nature of that aircraft; the engagement itself (hostile/nonhostile); and the extended set of international rules, customs, and laws that guide the overall situation. For space professionals, the strategic environment presents different, unique challenges. Complicating the issue further, those professionals must make decisions in an environment where comprehensive rule sets for operations and cooperation on the international level have not fully matured.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA621987

Entities

People

  • Albert C. Harris Iii

Organizations

  • Air and Space Power Journal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • International Law
  • National Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Debris
  • Space Environments
  • Space Objects
  • Space Operations
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Surveillance
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Space