Space stability appears to be eroding as a growing number of states acquire the ability to degrade or destroy U.S. space assets. The United States needs a coordinated national space deterrence strategy designed to operate on both sides of a potential adversary1s cost-benefit decision calculus. Future research will determine the most effective and affordable mix of strategies, policies, and systems for strengthening space deterrence.
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Space stability appears to be eroding as a growing number of states acquire the ability to degrade or destroy U.S. space assets. The United States needs a coordinated national space deterrence strategy designed to operate on both sides of a potential adversary1s cost-benefit decision calculus. Future research will determine the most effective and affordable mix of strategies, policies, and systems for strengthening space deterrence.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 59 p. Rand Corporation Monograph. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2010008354 Type of material Book Personal name Morgan, Forrest E. Main title Deterrence and first-strike stability in space: a preliminary assessment / Forrest E. Morgan. Published/Created Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2010. Description xix, 59 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 9780833049131 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0833049135 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification UG1523. M587 2010 Related names Project Air Force (U.S. ) Summary Space stability is a fundamental U.S. national security interest. Unfortunately, that stability may be eroding. Potential enemies understand the high degree to which space systems enhance U.S. conventional warfighting capabilities, and a growing number of them are acquiring the ability to degrade or destroy those systems. However, the risk is not the same for all space systems in all types of crises or at all levels of war. Some systems are more vulnerable than others, and different types of attacks offer different cost-benefit payoffs to attackers. Therefore, each space system has a different threshold at which efforts to deter attacks on it could fail. The United States can raise the thresholds of deterrence failure in crises and at some levels of limited war by implementing a coordinated national space deterrence strategy designed to operate on both sides of a potential adversary's cost-benefit decision calculus simultaneously. This strategy should begin with a national space policy that declares that the United States will punish space aggressors in ways, times, and places of its choosing. The United States should also take steps to reduce the benefits an enemy might expect to gain in attacking U.S. space systems. Future research will determine the most effective and affordable mix of strategies, policies, and systems for strengthening space deterrence. Subjects Space warfare--Government policy--United States. Space weapons. Deterrence (Strategy) Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59). Additional formats Also available online. Series RAND Corporation monograph series Rand Corporation monograph series. Dewey class no. 358/.8 Report no. MG-916-AF Geographic area code n-us---Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn537652613
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