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Space Power- An Ill-Suited Space Strategy

Document created: 1 September 06
Air & Space Power Journal - Fall 2006


"Editorial Abstract: For the US military, space power has emerged
as the dominant strategic framework for executing space warfare.
Commander Klein asserts that this framework, inherently
offensive in nature and application, is myopic. Contending that
the United States has already achieved space supremacy, he
argues that a maritime-inspired space strategy will better suit
US military purposes by ensuring the defense of celestial lines
of communications and enhancing the protection of vital
hardware."

"This thinking is supported by Joint Publication 3-14,
Joint Doctrine for Space Operations, which notes the
need to "provide freedom of action in space for friendly f
orces while, when directed, denying it to an adversary."

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/a...l06/klein.html


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