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Lambakis, Steven. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. [ 5 quotes ]

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Critics Exaggerate the Risks from Space Weapon Accidents
 
Even if a spacecraft were shot down by accident, the implications would not be so grave when compared, for example, to an accidental launch of a nuclear tipped missile. So, asked Walter McDougall, "why is it more important to protect pristine space, where nothing lives, than the crowded earth?" ( More ... )
Lambakis, Steven. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. [ 5 quotes ] [ page 259 ]
Space weapons are no less provacative than nuclear deterrence
 
The United States continues to deploy intercontinental nuclear forces having the power to utterly devastate foreign lands. Yet few maintain the this force-in-being is "provocative," and many, especially in the arms-control community will argue vigorously that the mutal assured destruction capability is actually stabilizing. ( More ... )
Lambakis, Steven. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. [ 5 quotes ] [ page 245 ]
Anti-satellite conflict is not inherently escalatory
 
Yet ASAT weapons do not approach strategic nuclear weapons in their destructive power or indiscriminate effects. Stigmatizing ASATs ("ASATs = Armageddon") obscures the fact that counterspace operations can be very precise, highly discriminate, and locally nonlethal. Far from being "precipitous," satellite destruction could prove to be the most rational and militarily effective course of action for our leaders to take in some situations. ( More ... )
Lambakis, Steven. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. [ 5 quotes ] [ page 245 ]
Indian Defense Planners Recognize Importance of Space Power
 
Indian scientists believe today that, by 2025, global power will be defined by a nation's access to information, and that it will be in the national interest to develop new technologies for launching satellites (such as hypersonic missile technology). Indian air chief marshall Satish Kumar Sareen knows that "success in future wars will depend on the ability to deploy space-based resources for surveillance, battlefield management and communications." ( More ... )
Lambakis, Steven. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. [ 5 quotes ] [ page 199 ]
Should not Stigmatize Anti-Satellite Weapons as Escalatory
 
Yet ASAT weapons do not approach strategic nuclear weapons in their destructive power or indiscriminate effects. Stigmatizing ASATs ("ASATs = Armageddon") obscures the fact that counterspace operations can be very precise, highly discriminate, and locally nonlethal. Far from being "precipitous," satellite desctruction could prove to be the most rational and militarily effective course of action for our leaders to take in some situations. ( More ... )
Lambakis, Steven. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. [ 5 quotes ] [ page 245 ]