ENGLISH

Outer Space—Battlefield of the Future?

By SIPRI

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
0367627612, 9780367627614
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
57 MB (59253986 bytes)
Series
Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies; 34
Edition
1
Pages
222\223
Time added
2023-05-15 17:58:36

Description

This book, first published in 1978, examines the military use of space – around 60 per cent of US and Soviet satellites were military ones. The satellites were for military communications, weather prediction, navigation, photographic and electronic reconnaissance, targeting, early warning, and satellites capable of destroying enemy satellites. This book analyses the capabilities of military satellites as part of the debate around the encroachment of military technology and purposes into space. Preface Contents Abbreviations, acronyms and conventions 1. Introduction 2. Some basic concepts of orbital characteristics 3. Reconnaissance satellites 4. Communications satellites 5. Navigation satellites 6. Meteorological satellites 7. Geodetic satellites 8. Interceptor/destructor satellites and FOBSs 9. Conclusions References Glossary Index

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