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Gallagher, Nancy. Towards a Reconsideration of the Rules for Space Security. College Park, MD: Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), April 20, 2005. [ 2 quotes ]

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International Community will Interpret U.S. Deployment of Space Weapons as Supporting its Doctrine of Pre-Emption

 

In short, U.S. plans for expanded military activities in space, especially when combined with the strategic doctrine of coercive prevention, are perceived internationally as presenting a serious problem, but the United States will not acknowledge any legitimate reason for concern. It has unilaterally withdrawn from the ABM treaty and is refusing to discuss, let alone negotiate, new rules for military space activities in the C.D., in the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Space (COPUOS), or in any other multilateral forum. ( More ... )

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Gallagher, Nancy. Towards a Reconsideration of the Rules for Space Security. College Park, MD: Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), April 20, 2005. [ 2 quotes ] [ page 19 ]

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Technology Diffusion will Quickly Erode any Technological Monopoly

 

If, however, the United States continues to forge ahead toward highly threatening space weapons, plenty of countries have enough knowledge, resources, and capabilities to expand their military space operations in ways that would increase the net uncertainty, expense, and insecurity of U.S. space activities. In a global economy, secrecy and export controls cannot protect the American technological advantage in space; instead, they sabotage the U.S. satellite industry and motivate other countries to develop indigenous capabilities and cooperative arrangements that exclude the United States. ( More ... )

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Gallagher, Nancy. Towards a Reconsideration of the Rules for Space Security. College Park, MD: Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), April 20, 2005. [ 2 quotes ] [ page 24 ]

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