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Escalation and Deterrence in the Second Space Age

October 3, 2017

ISBN# 978-1-4422-8039-7 (pb); 978-1-4422-8040-3 (eBook)
CSIS/Rowman & Littlefield
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. Precisely 60 years later, space-faring nations face a much different space environment; one that’s more diverse, disruptive, disordered, and dangerous. Today’s space domain presents a number of asymmetries that differ from other domains, creating a specific deterrence environment with unique policy implications.

Escalation and Deterrence in the Second Space Age, a new report by the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, discusses the evolution of space as a contested domain, the changing threats to U.S. space systems, deterrence theory and its applications to the space domain, and findings from a space crisis exercise administered by CSIS last year.
 

Source: Space-Track.org

 

To learn more about this study and hear from a panel of space security experts, check out the Escalation and Deterrence in the Second Space Age webcast.

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Todd Harrison
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