Space and Defense
Abstract
There is a sparse record of accomplishment in arms control related to space. One, the Outer Space Treaty constrained the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) activities in space. Two, the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty prohibited space-based ballistic missile defense (BMD). Three, arms control treaties reaffirmed the ABM Treaty’s valuable normsetting provisions protective of satellites for intelligence ends. And four, there was one serious effort to negotiate constraints on military space capabilities concerning ASAT weapons between the U.S. and Soviet Union in the mid-1970s.
Recommended Citation
Space and Defense
(2009)
"New Approaches to Arms Control,"
Space and Defense: Vol. 3:
No.
3, Article 9.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefense/vol3/iss3/9
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