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Defending Space: US Anti-Satellite Warfare and Space Weaponry (OSPREY Fortress 53)







Clayton Chun, «Defending Space: US Anti-Satellite Warfare and Space Weaponry (Fortress 53)»

Osprey Publishing | ISBN: 1846030390 | 2006-10-31 | 64 pages | PDF | Mb



The United States has been developing space for many years, and
satellites provide the US military with an unparalleled advantage over
adversaries. Constellations of both military and civilian satellites
provide protection and support for military operations, deliver
ballistic missile early warning, supply reliable, secure and jam-proof
communications, gather audio-visual amd electronic intelligence,
predict weather patterns, guide navigation, target weapons, and perform
a host of other missions. These systems are critical to America's
status as a world power, and potential threats to them are carefully
assessed by US military planners. In January 2001, a commission led by
Donald Rumsfeld warned of the growing threat to US space assets from
so-called "rogue states," who (with varying degrees of difficulty)
might build and deploy "space mines", launch ballistic anti-satellite
weapons, deliberately increase orbital debris or detonate high-altitude
nuclear explosions. The defensive options currently available to the US
include improving satellite defenses (making them more robust and
maneuverable, and improving threat detection) and the controversial
placing of weapons in space (in "sentinel satellites") to protect
military and civilian hardware. Since the 1950s research and
development has been applied to space weaponry with mixed results, and
not only by the USA. This book explains the origin and development of
systems used to defend the United States from past, present and future
threats, and to support military operations.

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