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Two Years After the ASAT Test Ban: A Realistic Assessment

Introduction        Two years have passed since the United States announced a unilateral ban on the testing of destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. The ban was announced on April 12, 2022, and hailed as a first step towards establishing a norms of responsible behavior to further the ideal of sustainability in outer space. Several states, including many […]

Two Years After the ASAT Test Ban: A Realistic Assessment was originally published on Global Security Review.

May 9, 2024
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European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defense

Recently the European Union (EU) released its EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence. This document is centered on safeguarding space activities and enhancing the security of EU interests and capabilities in space through member-state cooperation. The document rightly recognizes growing threats against space assets, which enable modern civilization and warrant active protection and defense. […]

European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defense was originally published on Global Security Review.

December 18, 2023
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Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent

On August 31, 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong 1 missile into Japanese airspace, taking allies and adversaries by surprise. Fifteen years later, China emerged as an even more ominous concern for Japan’s security. Following the summer 1998 incident, it took another quarter of a century for Japan to emancipate itself from pacifist policies, revamp […]

Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent was originally published on Global Security Review.

December 5, 2023
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Anti-Satellite Capabilities and American Options for Strategic Deterrence in Outer Space

Deterrence, which is traditionally associated with nuclear weapons, is becoming increasingly unable to address emerging technologies that sit beyond the scope of conventional weapons capabilities. A proposed category of capabilities termed “inferential” anti-satellite (ASAT) are altering the cost-benefit calculus of deterrence based on their generally non-attributable nature, causing issues to arise with perceptions of deterrence […]

Anti-Satellite Capabilities and American Options for Strategic Deterrence in Outer Space was originally published on Global Security Review.

November 28, 2023
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White hat hackers showed how to take over a European Space Agency satellite

Thales cybersecurity researchers have shown this week how they seized control of a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite. This week, during the third edition of CYSAT, the European event dedicated to cybersecurity for the space industry, the European Space Agency (ESA) set up a satellite test bench, inviting white hat hackers to attempt seizing control […]

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April 30, 2023
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