SPACE AS MILITARY ENVIRONMENT – BETWEEN LAW AND POWER –
SPACE AS MILITARY ENVIRONMENT – BETWEEN LAW AND POWER –
Author(s): Dorian LuparuContributor(s): Iulia NASTASIE (Translator)
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: terrorism; space treaties; satellite communications; NASA; vulnerability; threat;
Summary/Abstract: The author writes that the dominant challenge regarding the future of space consists in the existence of two concurrent visions, focused on the way in which space activities should be organised, managed and controlled. After detailing these two visions, he approaches the current legal framework regarding space, which is more and more fragmented and inadequate to meet the challenges posed by the increasing use of space, pointing out the need for a new and comprehensive legal framework. Then, he poses some major questions regarding space weapons, in terms of priority target for investment and the best approach to counter actual or potential enemies, to which answers can be given after thorough analyses, with global and strategic vision. In his opinion, we will witness certain decisions that will definitely affect our planetary future: law or power in space.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 103-117
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
