One such Commander in a recent war game commented, 'If I don't know what's going on because I have lost my eyes and ears in space, I have no choice but to hit everything, with everything I have.' That this conclusion actually surprised strategists suggests that we have not fully explored the implications of space weapons. What is common knowledge, described from years of futuristic war games, is that permanently based space weapons invite pre-emption and escalation. Local to a regional situation of heightened tensions, the existence of space weapons on one side, the other, or both could be the determining catalyst for full-scale war.

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Deblois, Bruce M. "Weapons in Space." Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. Ed. . Washington, D.C.: Council on Foreign Relations, . [ 3 quotes ]