Evidence: Alphabetical
- Most Likely Threats to U.S. Space Assets will be Cheap, Low-Tech, and Assymetric
- Much more Difficult to Defend the Higher-Value Satellites in Higher Altitudes
- Military commanders and policymakers need a range of options, including space weapons, to respond to attacks on U.S. space assets
- Missile defense neccessary to defend against unknown future threats
- Many states considering anti-satellite weapons to reduce security threat from remote sensing satellites
- Must look at space weapons in environmental context
- Must recognize threat to global environment and security posed by space weapons
- Military space systems have very long operational lifecycle due to slow pace of development
- Many Historical Examples where U.S. Attempts to Preserve Commercial Spacepower have been Counterproductive
- Multiple countermeasure options for defeating boost-phase missile defense
- Midcourse missile defenses can be easily defeated with countermeasures
- Most Military Space Programs Plagued by Cost Overruns and Technical Problems
- Military Space Programs Plagues by Cost Overruns and Technological Failures
- Military Space Culture not used to Sharing Data
- Many historical examples of deterrence failure refute hope that U.S. military might will deter attack on its space assets
- Multiple Intermediate CSBMs should be Considered for Space Security
- Means to attack U.S. space assets are proliferating rapidly
- Mobile Targets are Key National Security Challenge for U.S.
- Multiple CSBM Options for Preventing Miscalculation from Conventional ICBM Launch
- Missile defense necessary to break the will of tryants to continue the fight
- Mercantilist pressures have prevented Asian space powers from cooperating
- Most effective strategy for reducing risks of a space "Pearl Harbor" would be to focus on developing alternatives to critical space assets
- Most space assets rely on outdated technology and are therefore vulnerable to cyber attack
- Multiple space debris collisions and breakups have been reported
- Missile defense systems could easily become anti-satellite weapons, complicating arms control
- Money for space weapons can come from the defense systems made obsolete by space warfare
- Multiple other states are developing their own satnav systems for economic competing es sand national security reasons
- More than 50 states already possess capabilities for crude ASAT weapons
- Multiple countries striving for independence from the U.S space industry by developing their own space industrial capacity
- Monitoring and detection of space weapons tests is possible as U.S. detection of Chinese test demonstrated
- Military satellites critical to multiple U.S. national security missions
- May be necessary to make strict liability for space debris apply only to future debris to avoid political challenge of dealing with present debris
- Mutual vulnerability is not reliable enough to base space deterrence on
- Mitigation is no longer enough, must take active steps to remove existing space debris
- Much better means for attacking satellites available than those proposed for active debris removal
- Military forces will inevitably be viewed with suspicion playing an "astrocop" role