Space is becoming a more and more likely arena for future combat. The strength of future US antisatellite capabilities and the survivability of US satellites will determine if space power supports US national security, The study evaluates the oft stated conclusion that ASATs destabilize superpower relations. The study concludes that the actual sources of instability are the weaknesses in current US military space strategy. These weaknesses are (1) failure to deploy ASAT systems and (2) continued reliance on a small number of highly vulnerable, complex, multipurpose satellites. Deployment of a US ASAT and a move to a more survivable satellite deployment strategy--suggestive of current Soviet practices--will be stabilizing influences in superpower relations.


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    Title :

    Antisatellite Weapons and Satellite Deployment Strategies


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    35 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English