1st Edition
Security and Stability in the New Space Age The Orbital Security Dilemma
By Brad Townsend
Copyright 2021
264 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the drivers behind great power security competition in space to determine whether realistic strategic alternatives exist to further militarization.
Space is an area of increasing economic and military competition. This book offers an analysis of actions and events indicative of a growing security dilemma in space, which is generating an intensifying arms race between the US,... Read more
1. Introduction
2. The Orbital Security Dilemma
3. Power, Motive, Intent, and Information
4. Deterrence and Reassurance
5. Military Satellite Communications
6. Remote Sensing
7. Missile Warning
8. Competition or Cooperation?
Conclusion
Biography
Brad Townsend is currently an Army Space Officer assigned as a space policy advisor on the Pentagon Joint Staff, and has a Ph.D. in Military Strategy from the Air University.
