Strengthening Deterrence: Assuring Delivery Of Space Capabilities, 2023 United States National Security Space Office
Strengthening Deterrence: Assuring Delivery Of Space Capabilities, Peter L. Hays
Space and Defense
The Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies’ report on “Space Deterrence: The Delicate Balance of Risk” briefly overviews fundamental deterrence concepts and evaluates how deterrence functioned during the Cold War; it masterfully assesses the most relevant and applicable lessons for today’s space deterrence challenges. The report comprehensively and multi-dimensionally addresses space deterrence by discussing key issues, including the vulnerability gap the United Sates faces with respect to space capabilities, the difficulty of defense, problems with credibility of retaliation in an asymmetric environment, and weaknesses in space situational awareness (SSA) and attribution. It also makes key recommendations to develop internal …
A Good Starting Point For Deterrence, 2023 Center for Naval Analysis and the Institute for Public Research
A Good Starting Point For Deterrence, Dean Cheng
Space and Defense
A central focus for much of the Cold War was determining what would deter the Soviet Union; this was a topic upon which many of the West’s best and brightest labored to determine. In order to deter the former Soviet Union, a huge intellectual edifice was erected, which helped guide a variety of military programs, including not only the American strategic triad of land-based and sea-based missiles and manned bombers, but tactical nuclear weapons, hardened command and control, and space-based early warning systems. It also incorporated concepts, such as “extended deterrence,” “escalation dominance,” and “mutual assured destruction.”
Space Deterrence: The Delicate Balance Of Risk, 2023 Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies
Space Deterrence: The Delicate Balance Of Risk, Roger G. Harrison, Deron R. Jackson, Collins G. Shackelford
Space and Defense
The United States has created a military structure that is heavily satellite-dependent, without making corresponding improvements in the survivability of its space systems. The result is a classic opportunity for asymmetric, preemptive attack. The central question of this study is how to structure a strategy of deterrence to persuade potentially hostile actors that the costs of attack will nevertheless outweigh the benefits.
Preface For Volume 3 No. 1, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Table Of Contents Volume 2 No. 1, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Table Of Contents Volume 2 No. 1, Space And Defense
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Front Matter Volume 3 No. 1, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Front Matter Volume 3 No. 1, Space And Defense
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Notes For Contributors, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
A Chinese Perspective On China-United States Cooperation In Space, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
A Chinese Perspective On China-United States Cooperation In Space, Dingli Shen
Space and Defense
This article describes the arrival of new space actors from Asia, with particular focus on China. It analyzes the lack of cooperation in civilian space programs between China and the United States (U.S.), and the possible negative consequence of this. The paper suggests that the principles of non-diversion and reciprocity in accession as the foundation for China-U.S. collaboration in the civilian sector of space collaboration. This paper addresses the ongoing defense program with space application by the two countries, suggesting an overall program for China and the U.S. to have dialogue, as well as collaboration in space areas, promoting mutual …
Strategic Communications With China About Space, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Strategic Communications With China About Space, Joan Johnson-Freese
Space and Defense
In 2006, I published an article entitled “Strategic Communication with China: What Message About Space?”1 The article pointed out that difficulties encountered in trying to convey its message regarding the Global War on Terror to a global audience had convinced the United States, or at least the Defense Science Board, that it needed to use strategic communications more effectively. From there I extrapolated, “If one believes that big problems are best tackled in small bites, ‘space’ perhaps offers an area where the United States can begin to understand and tackle some of the strategic communication issues it faces.”2 Communication mishaps …
United States - China Engagement On Space: A Role For Canada, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
United States - China Engagement On Space: A Role For Canada, Wade Huntley
Space and Defense
As advancing technologies expand the scope of human activities in space, the international security implications of these activities have become increasingly contested. For the United Sates, military space capabilities now serve integral roles in a spectrum of terrestrial needs, and sustaining U.S. Security interests in space has become a key concern for many military planners. Meanwhile, the space technologies of many other countries are developing rapidly. Although an outright challenge of the U.S. position is not yet imminent, some countries already possess asymmetric capabilities posing genuine threats to U.S. space operations.
Space And Sino-American Security Relations, 2023 United States National Security Space Office
Space And Sino-American Security Relations, Peter L. Hays
Space and Defense
China’s emphasis on space exploration and its development and use of space capabilities are prominent and tangible expressions of its emergence as a great power and make space an increasingly important dimension of Sino-American relations. In October 2003 China independently launched and recovered its first taikonaut, becoming just the third member of an elite spacefaring club with Russia and the United States. Then in January 2007 China first successfully tested a kinetic energy anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon and again joined Russia and the United States as one of only three states known to have demonstrated this capability. China’s growing power and …
Reflections On Sino-Us Space Cooperation, 2023 Center for Naval Analysis and the Institute for Public Research
Reflections On Sino-Us Space Cooperation, Dean Cheng
Space and Defense
Since 2006, the US Air Force Academy’s Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies has sponsored an annual workshop examining the strategic impact and implications of China’s space program. This workshop series has blossomed into a Track-II process, with participants from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and unofficial US government presence.
A key focus of many of the discussions during these workshops has been the prospects for Sino-US cooperation in space. This issue has gained prominence since the 2007 PRC ASAT test, and the US subsequent 2008 American destruction of a malfunctioning satellite. Sino-US space cooperation is seen as …
Table Of Contents Volume 2 No. 3, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Table Of Contents Volume 2 No. 3, Space And Defense
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Front Matter Volume 2 No. 3, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Speech For The 2008 National Space Forum, 2023 Representative from the 36th District of California
Speech For The 2008 National Space Forum, Jane Harman
Space and Defense
As many of you probably know, my Congressional district in Southern California is home to the Space and Missile Command – the arm of the Air Force tasked with developing and procuring the space assets that give America its eyes and ears in space.
Speech For The 2008 National Space Forum, 2023 Representative from the Second District of Alabama
Speech For The 2008 National Space Forum, Terry Everett
Space and Defense
I would like to thank the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies for the invitation to speak today. I would also like to thank Dr. Hamre , Ambassador Harrison, and Peter Teets for their leadership. Peter Teets is a good friend and great space leader and I am honored to be among such individuals who I hold in high regard.
Speech For The 2008 National Space Forum, 2023 Senator from the State of Colorado
Speech For The 2008 National Space Forum, Wayne Allard
Space and Defense
Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here with all of you today at the National Space Forum, and it is an honor to be here with so many industry experts and leaders. I thank our sponsors, the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies at the U.S. Air Force Academy and also the Center for Strategic and International Studies, for hosting this important event and for giving me an opportunity to speak to you today. In the Senate I have long supported the Center for Space and Defense Studies, and I am pleased to see the Center executing …
Introduction The Eisenhower Legacy, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Table Of Contents Volume 2 No. 2, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Table Of Contents Volume 2 No. 2, Space And Defense
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Front Matter Volume 2 No. 2, 2023 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Front Matter Volume 2 No. 2, Space And Defense
Space and Defense
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