Research Catalog

Title

Weaponization of space : understanding strategic and technological inevitabilities / by Thomas D. Bell.

Author

Bell, Thomas D.

Publication

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Air University, [1999]

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Details

Additional Authors

Air University (U.S.). Center for Strategy and Technology.

Description

iv, 38 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

"It is inevitable that mankind will weaponize space and equally likely that this will take place in the next thirty years. The United States is in the early stages of a transition from using space assets to support combat operations on the surface of the earth to using space assets to conduct combat operations in space, from space, and through space. This paper discusses factors driving the United States to take its first steps to weaponize space. It is time for the Air Force to build the doctrinal framework for combat operations in, from, and through space that will guide the technological development of space and aircraft development prior to World War II. This paper discusses the transition from an air to a space force by examining required changes to Air Force doctrine in terms of the framework of its six core competencies in order to prepare the Air Force to orgainze, train, and equip aerospace forces for conducting combat operations in space.

Series Statement

Occasional paper ; no. 6

Uniform Title

Occasional paper (Air University (U.S.). Center for Strategy and Technology); no. 6.

Subject

• Space warfare
• Space weapons

Note

• "January 1999."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-38).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- First steps toward weaponizing space -- US Air Force must adapt to new means of strategic bombardment -- Conclusions and recommendations.

OCLC

41351740

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library