September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... debris problem changes from being passive to aggressive In seeking ways to protect Earth from military and non-military space danger I see international integration as a key factor that will help ensure mutual safety, and I am not just ...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... would this coalesce with those laws that would apply to more traditional forms of spaceflight? United States’ military Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) spacecraft in support of missile early warning, missile defence, battlespace awareness, and...
February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
...only worse. It leaves the Air Force ‘in the cockpit’ to drive military space, which is the self-same position our nation has been in since..., it has not always been a “good steward of military space” during the 60-plus years since it was created. Those...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
...power. Prof S Chandrashekar of the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangaluru, India, argues that China’s military space programme emphasises an “anti-access, area denial” strategy, using increasingly sophisticated observation satellites and...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... since 1947. US allies and partners also stood up new military space organisations, such as the French Space Command and United Kingdom Space Command. NATO preceded both by announcing in 2019 that space is an operational domain and stood up the NATO...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... other allied States. In the meantime, the intentional destruction of a State’s own satellite(s) in space has emerged as a means of showcasing military space power and capabilities. All of these trends jeopardise the long-term sustainability of outer...
