The Inevitability of Militarization of Outer Space

• Authors: Paweł BERNAT
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

At the end of the second decade of the 21st century, we witness a progressive increase of strategic importance of artificial satellites and other orbital systems, which is a consequence of the ever-accelerating development of space technologies that include weapons systems. The outer space becomes a theatre for a potential conflict. The states possessing sufficient technological potential will further develop and expand those systems, both defensive (for eliminating threats) and offensive (securing the military advantage and serving as a deterrent) to secure their current and future interests.The main argument of the paper demonstrates the necessity, from the perspective of the strong outer space sector players like the USA, Russia, China, to further develop space weapon systems and military units of space corps.

Keywords

EN

militarization of outer space; space weapons; space corps; orbital weapons; ASAT

• Publisher: Centrum Rzeczoznawstwa Budowlanego Sp. z o.o.
• Journal: Safety & Defense
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 49-54

Dates

published

2019-08-30

Contributors

author

Paweł BERNAT

Identifiers

DOI

10.37105/sd.43