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Uniqueness --- Space Weaponization NowSpace weaponization inevitableDeBlois 02(“Outer Space and Global Security, Militarization, Weaponization and Space Sanctuary: Past Dialogues, Current Discourse, Important Distinctions”, United States Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Abolish/OuterSpaceConfGeneva02/DeBloisConf2002.htm) [And finally, a Summary Proposition favoring the advent of space weapons, Historical Precedent: As stated in the 4 Propositions, social and economic leverage, technological and military doctrinal inertia, prestige and prowess afforded on the international stage, as well as military superiority provided by weapons’ accession to the frontiers are the determining reasons for the historical precedent – Where goes man, goes the clash of opposing wills, goes the instruments to effect that clash: weapons. It was true of the territorial frontiers throughout history, true of the high seas in the Middle Ages, and true of the air realm in the twentieth century. The same is destined to be true in space: the weaponization of space is inevitable. International efforts to secure the frontiers of space need to accept this inevitability, and work toward measured and collaborative agreements to provide a stable space environment. ] Other countries perceive weaponization now – makes your impacts inevitable.Brown 9 – Trevor Brown, MSc, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Spring 2009, “Soft Power and Space Weaponization,” Air and Space Power Journal, http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj09/spr09/brown.html The problem for the United States is that other nations believe it seeks to monopolize space in order to further its hegemonic dominance. In recent years, a growing number of nations have vocally objected to this perceived agenda. Poor US diplomacy on the issue of space weaponization contributes to increased geopolitical backlashes of the sort leading to the recent decline in US soft power—the ability to attract others by the legitimacy of policies and the values that underlie them—which, in turn, has restrained overall US national power despite any gains in hard power (i.e., the ability to coerce).8 US developing space weapons now.Ross and Watt 2/2 – Tim Ross, Social and Religious Affairs Editor, and Holly Watt, February 2, 2011, “WikiLeaks: US vs China in battle of the anti-satellite space weapons,” The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8299491/WikiLeaks-US-vs-China-in-battle-of-the-anti-satellite-space-weapons.html It was a conference call from the Air Force General, Kevin Chilton, the head of US Strategic Command, and Marine General James Cartwright, the vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They told him the conditions were “ripe” to launch what can now be disclosed was a secret test of America’s anti-satellite weapons, Washington’s first such strike in space for 23 years. That night, the US navy’s Ticonderoga-class cruiser, USS Lake Erie, scored a direct hit on an American spy satellite, known as USA 193. The missile used, a highly sophisticated SM-3, took about three minutes to climb 150 miles above the Earth, where it flew past the satellite before turning back and destroying the target at an impact speed of 22,000mph. The strike came about a year after the Chinese government had launched its own satellithe attack, which started a secret “space war”, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. For months the two super powers had been engaged in a private and increasingly acrimonious row over China’s use of weapons in space – an international taboo since President Ronald Reagan abandoned the “star wars” programme in the 1980s. US not leading on space arms control.Space Daily 1/21 – January 21, 2011, “Obama Administration To Release New Space Security Strategy,” http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Obama_Administration_To_Release_New_Space_Security_Strategy_999.html Well-crafted arms control proposals could lower the risk of arms races or conflicts in space or on the ground, Grego said, and protect the space environment from the harmful debris caused when countries deliberately destroy satellites. "Agreed-upon limits on weapons in space and interfering with satellites could strengthen stability and security in space and on the ground, and such limits should be part of the U.S. national security strategy," Grego said. "Unfortunately, the National Space Policy had little to say about this issue, and it is unlikely that the new space strategy will urge the United States to take the lead on it." Non-unique – weaponization now – low threshold, Iran, Sri LankaLynn 6-21 William J. Lynn, III is the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, June 21st, 2011, "A Military Strategy for the New Space Environment," The Washington Quarterly, 34:3, 7-1, www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0163660X.2011.586933 Electronically jamming GPS and communications signals are among a range of relatively low-cost options for states seeking counterspace weapons. The threshold for using these weapons has been lowered, with a number of nations employing them for political purposes in peacetime or during crises. For example, Iran has recently jammed the BBC’s Persian television service in an effort to limit information about regional unrest. Furthermore, counterspace weapons are no longer the weapon of last resort in a geo-strategic conflict. Instead, they are becoming tools that advanced nations and sub-regional powers alike are incorporating into conventional military doctrine. Even non-state actors have found utility in employing jammers and manipulating communications satellites. For instance, the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka have been accused of hijacking transponders on commercial communications satellites to broadcast propaganda, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of space technology. Irregular warfare has come to space. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 1.17 Mb. Share with your friends:
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