A new report from the Center for Defense Information reviews major technological developments relevant to the militarization and potential weaponization of space and concludes that politics is the only limiting factor to space warfare. [ Adobe Acrobat File ]
Theresa Hitchens argues that a near-term, unilateral move by the United States to place weapons in orbit would carry serious risks for national security and international stability.
"While the U.S. Congress was debating the defense budget this summer, Air Force officials were downplaying their efforts to develop small, orbiting weapons to disrupt or destroy enemy satellites."
New evidence indicates that al Qaeda terrorists have made more progress at developing a "dirty bomb" than previously believed.
The author argues that the threat that terrorists might acquire nuclear or radiological weapons and use them is a far greater and more urgent risk than Saddam Hussein's nuclear ambitions. He advocates for greater resource allocation to cooperative threat reduction programs such as the Nunn-Lugar program for Russia.
Theresa Hitchens discusses three measures that would help improve international space cooperation and reach a compromise on the space weapons debate. The three measures are space debris mitigation, space traffic control, and transparency.
An overview of the open source information on Iraq's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program.
The author argues that the U.S. should continue funding for the RAMOS project, a cooperative effort with Russia to enhance early warning satellite technology.
As the United States proceeds with its war on terrorism, one of the darkest clouds hanging over the campaign is the question of whether the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 horrors could strike again, this time with nuclear weapons.