Seeking a Better Approach to Space Security

In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 99-103

Abstract

International security weighs heavily in the management of outer space territory, especially with the increasing use of satellites in telecommunications & warfare, but faces serious challenges. Recent technological developments & the controversial US plan to dominate outer space are examined. The development of dual-use space technology means that military use of space has more potential. As the US builds up its space capabilities, competition among the major powers in these technologies is reemerging, but existing international agreements fall short of addressing space security. The US appears to be seeking absolute security for itself by developing its space military technologies, but the US cannot monopolize space nor provide absolute security. It is argued that the most desirable way to maintain space security is for the entire international community to ban the weaponization of space through a legally binding document. M. Pflum