Evidence: Alphabetical
- U.S. aggressive weaponization of defense could be self-defeating by alienating allies needed for space stability
- Updated Kessler study shows that situation is worsening with threshold likely to be reached within a decade
- U.S. adversaries can employ cyber warfare techniques to disrupt military access to commercial providers
- U.S. intelligence would easily detect and be able to counter possible Chinese sneak attack against satellites
- U.S. missile defense system has latent ASAT potential but is not currently deployed as such
- UN COUPUOS acknowledges that non-binding guidelines will not solve space debris problem
- U.S. has adopted recommended guidelines from IADC but only at the federal government level and not for the private sector
- U.S. space debris mitigation guidelines are currently inapplicable to private sector
- U.S. has a proven track record of success with international codes of conduct
- U.S. export controls on space technologies have lead to sharp decline in U.S. space competitiveness
- U.S. currently taking lead in developing and sharing SSA data with other nations
- U.S. push for military space dominance has disrupted international discussions on CBMs such as the EUCOC
- U.S., China, and Russia are developing missile defense systems that can be used as kinetic ASAT weapons
- U.S. has much to gain from pushing for a ban on ASAT tests
- U.S. does not currently face any outer space threat grave enough to warrant an aggressive strategy
- U.S. should adopt a policy of pre-emption towards space stalking satellites to meet growing threat from Russia and China co-orbital ASATs
- U.S. adversaries are developing new means to deny U.S. access to outer space
- U.S. dependency on space asset assets is a vulnerability we can be sure adversaries will try and exploit
- U.S. military concerned about losing ground to Chinese and Russian space military programs
- U.S. has unique advantage and head start in capitalizing on developments towards a net-centric space approach
- U.S. is greatly expanding its cooperative space surveillance and data-sharing agreements
- U.S. should re-establish unified space command of space forces to meet challenge of peer competitors Russia and China
- U.S. should match challenge of peer competitors by consolidating military space capabilities under a unified space command