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Space weapons : earth wars / Bob Preston [and others].
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2002.
Description
xxvii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Available Online
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UG1530 .S72 2002
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Subject(s)
Space weapons
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Space warfare
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Astronautics, Military
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United States
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United States
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Military policy
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Related name
United States. Air Force
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Project Air Force (U.S.)
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Preston, Bob, 1951-
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Series
Online Rand research documents.
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Summary note
This overview aims to inform the public discussion of space-based weapons by examining their characteristics, potential attributes, limitations, legality, and utility. The authors do not argue for or against space weapons, nor do they estimate the potential costs and performance of specific programs, but instead sort through the realities and myths surrounding space weapons in order to ensure that debates and discussions are based on fact.
Notes
"MR-1209-AF."
"Project AIR FORCE."
"Prepared for the United States Air Force."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201).
Contents
History
Early Rocketry
Satellite Feasibility Studies
Dawn of the Space Age
Bombardment Satellites
Defenses
ABM Treaty
The Strategic Defense Initiative
Post--Cold War
Current U.S. Policy and Plans
Legal Considerations
Space Treaties
Arms Control Treaties
Other Treaties
Space Weapons Kinds and Capabilities
Types of Space Weapons
Directed-Energy Weapons
General Characteristics
Targets
Medium
Weapon
Basing
Example: Laser for Missile Targets
Mass-to-Target Weapons
Kinetic-Energy Weapons Above the Atmosphere
Kinetic-Energy Weapons Against Terrestrial Targets
Conventional Weapons Against Terrestrial Targets
Employment
Functions and Tasks
Component and Sequence
Command
What Is Commanded
How They Are Commanded
Who Commands Them
How Might the United States Acquire Space Weapons?
How Might the United States Decide?
Deliberate Decisions to Acquire
Incidental Decisions to Acquire
Assuming a Decision to Acquire, How Might Transition Occur?
Incremental Decision
Monolithic Decision
Scope, Sequence, and Visibility of Implementation
Consequences
How Might Others Acquire Space Weapons?
Peer Competitor
Decision
Transition
Friend or Ally
Capability
Neither Ally nor Adversary
Nonpeer Adversary
Nonstate Coalition
Advantages
Access and Reach
Responsiveness
Distance.
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ISBN
0833029371 ((pbk.))
9780833029379 ((pbk.))
Tech. report no.
RAND/MR-1209-AF
LCCN
00045926
OCLC
45136649
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