Space and Defense
Abstract
The market for a leap forward in space arms control is open. Now, who’s buying? The United States is facing a fundamental decision about space policy which arises from a question: does our national interest in an ordered space environment trump our absolute insistence on a policy of freedom of action? Or is the looming threat of over-crowded orbits, frequency interference and debris – of contested, congested and competitive space – so pressing that we must accept some greater transparency for our national security space operations, even greater information sharing with China, Russia, and commercial space operators, and perhaps some limits as well on activities affecting satellites in orbit?
DOI
10.32873/uno.dc.sd.09.01.1114
Recommended Citation
Harrison, Roger G.
(2016)
"Publisher’s Corner Space Policy’s SALT Moment,"
Space and Defense: Vol. 9:
No.
0, Article 8.
DOI: 10.32873/uno.dc.sd.09.01.1114
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefense/vol9/iss0/8
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