April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... that anyone can own have sufficient power (at 7.5 watts) to damage nearby sensitive satellite components. Complexities of outer space warfare Another issue is the hidden ASAT. It would not take much to hide a small ASAT inside one of the...
January 2021
Spacepower and international relations
... and material consequences of spacepower in perpetuating the practices of war, development and prestige on Earth at its peril. Space warfare is the continuation of Terran politics by other means, meaning that Earth orbit is no sanctuary from human...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... which impose their own analytical blinkers on what spacepower is doing to military power. Space warfare should be approached in the same way we think about naval warfare, aerial combat, and how seapower and airpower contribute to modern strategy and...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... Whilst spacefaring States (and others) are aware of the heightened risk of space warfare with its adverse consequences for the already hazardous state of the space environment, there has not been a corresponding willingness to either take ‘ownership...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... for winning modern wars. Under President Xi Jingping, China has designated space as a military domain, with official documents stating that the goal of space warfare and operations is to achieve superiority using both offensive and defensive means...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
... must be accommodated because, as Bowen says (following the renowned 19C Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz), space warfare is but the continuation of Earth-based politics by other means. These relatively moderate differences between Dolman...
