November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... In short, space is different. To ignore this and simply to try to argue that the legal framework supposedly supports war in space relies on an overly simplistic assertion that ‘what is not expressly prohibited (by the treaties and international law...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... spacepower - as a set of satellite technologies - “has great advantages in the open desert terrain in which most Middle East wars have been fought.” While the geography of the Middle East is far from homogeneous, it is predominantly composed of vast...
December 2014
A door closes
... technologies, including satellites, has disrupted many companies’ launch plans. While most of the cooperation in the Cold War was focused on arms control, in the post-Soviet period it expanded rapidly to include securing nuclear materials in Russia...
18 February 2018
Space Launch Complex 10: Vandenberg’s Cold War National Landmark
The history of rocketry and space tends to be written either by university professors as an academic exercise or by journalists and other writers with a life-long interest in the subject. This book is different in that its author is a former US Air ...
March 2016
From Sanctuary to Battlefield
... to use space in the event of conflict and hope that its military will be remotely as effective as it is today. Limited war strategy Unfortunately, there seems to have been little effort to develop a serious defence and deterrent posture for...
March 2016
Multi-planet Civilizations in Popular Culture
... will be forced to relocate to a new star system, and who knows what awaits you there? Everything from war to disastrous attempts to subdue a population, as it turns out. By adapting the trappings of a Western, the Firefly universe hammers another...
