Anti-Satellite Weapons: A Political Dimension

• Authors: Marek Czajkowski

Abstracts

EN

This article tackles the political dimension of the development of anti-satellite weapons. The main goal is to assess their significance from the American, Russian, and Chinese perspective to understand the emerging balance of power in space. While the U.S. is struggling to maintain its position of dominant space power, its main adversaries are developing technologies that can diminish American dominance. It is, therefore, widely believed that outer space is poised to be weaponized by multiple systems designed to destroy satellites in-orbit, both ground- and space-based. On the other hand, the United States is executing multiple fast-track research& development programs aimed at increasing the resilience of the U.S. space systems.

Keywords

EN

international security; safety in space; space systems defense; space security; space weapons

PL

bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe; bezpieczeństwo w kosmosie; obrona systemów kosmicznych; bezpieczeństwo przestrzeni; broń kosmiczna

• Publisher: Centrum Rzeczoznawstwa Budowlanego Sp. z o.o.
• Journal: Safety & Defense
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 107-116

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Marek Czajkowski

• Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.37105/sd.129

Biblioteka Nauki

2010549