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Space Weapons Earth Wars
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.
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Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Abbreviations PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two:
Background PDF
Chapter Three:
Space Weapons Kinds and Capabilities PDF
Chapter Four:
Employment PDF
Chapter Five:
How Might the United States Acquire Space Weapons? PDF
Chapter Six:
How Might Others Acquire Space Weapons? PDF
Chapter Seven:
Conclusion PDF
Appendix A:
Space-Based Directed-Energy Weapons PDF
Appendix B:
Kinetic-Energy Space Weapons PDF
Appendix C:
Natural Meteoroids As Weapons PDF
Appendix D:
Ballistic Missile Defense Countermeasures PDF
Bibliography PDF
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