SPACE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE MILITARIZATION OF SPACE
SPACE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE MILITARIZATION OF SPACE
Author(s): Gheorghe CalopăreanuSubject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Cold-War History, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: race; space; anti-satellite; militarization; cosmos; orbital;
Summary/Abstract: Cold War provided the ideal environment for launching various races in many areas between the world superpowers of those times, often supported by their own satellite-nations. Among all these, the race for space conquest, the race for arming and the result of their combination - space militarization- are certainly the most obvious samples of the fight for the world supremacy. The essay below is designed to chronologically illustrate the level the two world players – the USA and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation reached towards the militarization of the space and, through technical details, to depict the objectives they reached in this particular area.
Journal: Strategic Impact
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 57-65
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English