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Space Deterrence & Conflict

What American capabilities, policies, and operations in space can assist the United States in deterring and defeating adverse adversary activities in space?

Iron Dome America Is Not a Threat to Peace

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesAmerica, Arms Control, Arms Race, ASAT weapons, China, Christopher Stone, Diplomacy, hard power, homeland security, Iron Dome, missile defense, Missile Defense Agency, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , National Security, nuclear missiles, nuclear war, pentagon, Russia, space debris, Space Development Agency, space force, space infrastructure, space-borne attacks, SpaceX, Strategic Defense Initiative, strategic stability

Iron Dome America Is Not a Threat to Peace

Christopher Stone1 Comment

Recently, opponents of missile defenses published editorials in several outlets accusing the Trump administration of “conjuring” up an “arms race” that will severely damage “strategic stability by proposing an Iron…

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Beyond the Atmosphere: Strengthening US Space Deterrence in a Contested Domain

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesAI-powered surveillance, anti-satellite missile, Artemis Accords, Brandon Toliver , Combined Space Operations, competitive endurance strategy, counterspace capabilities, Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept, defensive counterspace measures, electronic warfare, five eyes, military space operations, multi-domain operations, National Reconnaissance Office, NATO, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, Quad, Rapid Agile Launch Initiative, rendezvous and proximity operations, resilient space architectures, space debris, space deterrence, Space Development Agency, space domain awareness, Space Surveillance Telescope, space warfighting doctrine, Starlink, US Space Force

Beyond the Atmosphere: Strengthening US Space Deterrence in a Contested Domain

Brandon Toliver2 Comments

In November 2021, Russia launched an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test that destroyed one of its own defunct satellites. This act generated thousands of pieces of space debris. It also underscored…

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ICBM EAR Report for December 20th

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Bonus Reads, Defense & Security, EAR Report, Emerging Threats, Government & Politics, Space Deterrence & ConflictABM Treaty, agricultural assistance, AI, Air Force Global Strike Command, alert warheads, Appropriations, Arms Control, B-52J, ballistic missile, Barack Obama, big data, Bill Clinton, Bill Gertz, China, China Military Power Report, Chinese military, Chuck Fleischmann, coercive threats, cold war, Columbia submarines, Columbia-class submarines, congress, conventional missiles, CR, cyber warfare, D-5 missiles, debt limit, deep fake, Defense Secretary, Defense Spending, Defense Subcommittee, disaster relief, Donald Trump, drones, EAR, Elon Musk, F130 engine, Gaza, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, GMD, GPALS, homeland missile defense, hypersonic missile, ICBM, ICBM leg, Information Warfare, intelligentized warfare, Israel, Jon Finer, Lloyd Austin, Minuteman III, missile defense, Mitch McConnell, mutual assured destruction, NATO, New START, nuclear buildup, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear deterrent, nuclear warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Ohio-class submarines, Pakistan, Peter Huessy, PLA, quantum computing, Robert Joseph, Robert Peters, robotic arm, Rolls-Royce, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Sentinel, shipyard capacity., SLBM, SLBM warheads, space station, space-based defense, space-based interceptors, SpaceX, strategic defenses, submarine launched missiles, Taliban, Todd Weeks, Triad, U.S.-ROK alliance, Ukraine, US Senate, Valery Gerasimov, Vladimir Putin

ICBM EAR Report for December 20th

Peter Huessy0 Comments

Summary Report for ICBM EAR Report of December 20, 2024 The EAR Report is a must read for National security professionals to stay informed about rapidly evolving global threats and…

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The Case for Space Control: An Australian Perspective

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesADF, anti-satellite weapons, ASAT, Australian Defence Force, Australian Space Agency, Australian Strategic Policy Institute. , cyber capabilities, Defence Space Command, Defence Space Strategy, Malcolm Davis, militarized space, soft-kill systems, sovereign space access, space capabilities, Space control, space domain, space domain awareness, space electronic warfare, space launch, space lift, space policy, space resilience, space threats, space-based technologies

The Case for Space Control: An Australian Perspective

Malcolm Davis0 Comments

Space is an operational domain that is highly contested and in a crisis could quickly become a warfighting environment. Space is “militarized” through the deployment of satellites to support a…

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Nuclear Devices in Space

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic Adversariesasteroid impacts, cislunar, climate catastrophe, colonization, comet deflection, commercialization, DART, fractional orbital bombardment system, industrialization, Joe Buff, light sails, NASA, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , natural gas extraction, non-explosive nuclear propulsion, nuclear detonations, Nuclear devices, nuclear holocaust, outer space treaty, peaceful nuclear explosion, Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty, planetary defense, Sandia National Laboratories, Scramble for the Skies, Space, Sputnuke, strategic deterrence, UN Security Council, US Atomic Energy Commission

Nuclear Devices in Space

Joe Buff3 Comments

Nuclear devices in space have the potential to prove indispensable tools, ideal for protecting the planet from asteroid impacts. They are, however, currently forbidden, unless the 1967 Outer Space Treaty…

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France Doubles Down on Space Defense Tech

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesAsterX, atmospheric turbulence, battlefield data, Cailabs, Christophe Bosquillon , defense innovation, DGA, Directorate General of the Armament, ESA, ESPI, European Space Agency, European Space Policy Institute, Eva Portier, France, international cooperation, Keraunos, lasers, Ludwig Moeller, Mario Draghi, military procurement, military satellites, national sovereignty, nondestructive measures, optical communications, satellite detection, space defense, space governance, space situational awareness, space spending, space start-ups, space threats, space transmission, space-Earth liaisons, strategic spending, structural reforms, surveillance, Toutatis, Unseenlabs, Yoda program

France Doubles Down on Space Defense Tech

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

The Space Defense and Security Summit, that took place in parallel to the September 2024 World Space Business Week conference in Paris, announced positive developments for European space defense. France has the…

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Correcting the Record on the Space National Guard

Archive, Space Deterrence & ConflictAir National Guard, American citizenry, Christopher Stone, Congressional Budget Office, Department of Defense, domestic emergency operations, Donald Trump, federal mission, governors' consent, homeland security, military space power, misinformation, National Defense Authorization Act, National Guard Association of the United States, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , readiness costs, recruiting and training, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendell, Space National Guard, US Space Force

Correcting the Record on the Space National Guard

Christopher Stone2 Comments

At the annual convention of the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS), former President Donald Trump made headlines by stating his support for NGAUS’ position on a Space…

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India’s MIRV Development – A Latent Counter-space Capability

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesAbabeel missile, anti-satellite test, Arms Control, asymmetry in space capabilities, C4ISR capabilities, Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), co-orbital systems, counter-space capability, cybersecurity, decisionmaking, drones, electronic warfare, India-Pakistan tensions, interoperability, MIRV, missile technology, Mission Shakti, National Defense University (NDU) Islamabad., Nuclear Deterrence, operational effectiveness, outer space treaty, peaceful uses of outer space, regional stability, situational awareness, space policy, Space Security, space weaponization, technology transfer, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)

India’s MIRV Development – A Latent Counter-space Capability

Maryyum Masood0 Comments

In March 2024, India conducted a test of its multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) capability by placing miniaturized warheads onto its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which has a…

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There Can be No “Enduring Advantage in Space” without Space Superiority

Archive, Space Deterrence & ConflictAEI, air base, aircraft, anti-satellite, ASAT, China, GOVSATCOM, great-power war, Russia, Russian Space, satellite, satellite attack, Space, space infrastructure, US Space Command

There Can be No “Enduring Advantage in Space” without Space Superiority

Christopher Stone1 Comment

The American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) new report, Building an Enduring Advantage in the Third Space Age, is a well-written report, authored by the well-known and respected Todd Harrison. Found in…

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Congressional Haggling Jeopardizes the US Space Force FY 2025 Budget

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictcommercial space, defense budget, DoD, GPS, NDAA, proliferation, SASC, Space, space bill, space defense, space deterrence, space force, space policy, US Congress

Congressional Haggling Jeopardizes the US Space Force FY 2025 Budget

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

The US Space Force, if judged by inflation-adjusted funding in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 and 2025 budgets, is showing signs of decline. The Biden administration’s FY 2025 request of…

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Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers?

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictaerospace industry, engineers, jet propulsion, lunar, Mars, Moon, NASA, National Security, OSAM-1, satellite, Space, Space Flight, Space orbit, STEM

Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers?

Alexis Schlotterback2 Comments

On February 22, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York updated its list of labor outcomes by major for college graduates. Surprisingly, the data revealed that aerospace engineering is…

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Space Guard Opponents Seek Unraveling of Constitution’s National Defense Framework

Archive, Space Deterrence & ConflictAir Force, Army, CBO, congress, forces, pentagon, Space, space force, Space National Guard, spacepower

Space Guard Opponents Seek Unraveling of Constitution’s National Defense Framework

Christopher Stone0 Comments

Since the establishment of the United States Space Force in 2019, many in the federal defense establishment have aggressively fought to prevent the establishment of the Space National Guard. The…

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