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Space and national security /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, c1987.Description: xvii, 219 p. :illISBN:
  • 0815781105
  • 0815781091 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 358.17 STA
LOC classification:
  • UG1530 .S73 1987
Summary: In this book, the author examines the officially stated rationales for deploying antisatellite weapons and assesses their long-term consequences for U. S. national security. He surveys how the superpowers use space for military purposes and appraises the value of satellites for each side. He also assesses the threats to U. S. and Soviet space systems and the countermeasures that can be employed to reduce their vulnerability. After evaluating the potential usefulness of antisatellite weapons in a range of wartime contingencies, he analyzes the feasibility of arms control in space.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 358.17 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100156658

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this book, the author examines the officially stated rationales for deploying antisatellite weapons and assesses their long-term consequences for U. S. national security. He surveys how the superpowers use space for military purposes and appraises the value of satellites for each side. He also assesses the threats to U. S. and Soviet space systems and the countermeasures that can be employed to reduce their vulnerability. After evaluating the potential usefulness of antisatellite weapons in a range of wartime contingencies, he analyzes the feasibility of arms control in space.

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