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Antisatellite Systems

Essay
The Calls for More Progress on Space Governance Are Growing Louder
Space may seem infinite, but the narrow band that hugs the Earth, where satellites and space stations operate, is not. Existing space treaties won't be enough to keep satellites safe, to prevent crowding and collisions, and to preserve the promise of outer space.
Jan 5, 2023
Commentary
U.S. Decision on ASAT Testing a Positive Step Towards Space Sustainability
The United States recently committed not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing. This sets an important example others might follow and takes an important first step towards a binding, international ban.
Apr 21, 2022
Journal Article
Strategic and Legal Implications of Emerging Dual-Use ASAT Systems
This article addresses the dual-use conundrum of space technology, examining where the threshold lies for anti-satellite systems.
Jan 6, 2022
Journal Article
Written Evidence Submitted by RAND Europe: SPDF0020 Space Defence
This document provides RAND Europe's submission of evidence in relation to the UK House of Commons Defence Select Committee's July 2021 call for evidence on space defence.
Jul 30, 2021
Dissertation
Deterring Space War: An Exploratory Analysis Incorporating Prospect Theory into a Game Theoretic Model of Space Warfare
This dissertation uses a game theoretic model of space war to examine how sentiments in multiple dimensions impact state decisions regarding whether to expand a ground war into the space domain.
Dec 21, 2017
Report
Deterrence and First-Strike Stability in Space: A Preliminary Assessment
The United States needs a coherent space deterrence strategy that operates on both sides of a potential adversary's cost-benefit decision calculus to better protect U.S. national security space infrastructure and strengthen first-strike stability.
Apr 2, 2010
Report
Apogee, Perigee, and Recovery: Chronology of Army Exploitation of Space
Since the mid-1980s, a debate has gone on within the Department of Defense (DOD) on whether it is appropriate for the Army to be increasingly involved in space and, if so, how the Army should exploit space.
Jan 1, 1991
Report
Trends in Space Control Capabilities and Ballistic Missile Threats: Implications for ASAT Arms Control
Examines U.S. national space policy and military space policy, focusing on the space control debate. It considers the status of space control-related capabilities, such as the antisatellite (ASAT) and national aerospace plane (NASP) programs.
Jan 1, 1990
Report
The Strategic Defense Initiative in Soviet Planning and Policy
This report analyzes the nature and depth of Moscow's concern about the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and its implications for future Soviet responses. The authors consider the political-military and technical issues raised for the Soviets by SDI.
Jan 1, 1988
Report
Assessing Options for Anti-Satellite Arms Control: The Analytic Hierarcy Process
The result is a quantitative, auditable ranking of the OTA options by persons at RAND familiar with anti-satellite/ballistic missile defense issues.
Jan 1, 1986

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Antisatellite Systems