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The Military Ascent into Space: From Playground to Battleground: The New Uncertain Game in the Heavens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2005

Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto
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Abstract

The mastery of outer space as the basis of integrated battleground platforms is fast becoming a reality. As the two Gulf Wars and the Kosovo military campaign made clear, space assets are decisive in battle planning and execution. The contemporary move towards weaponization of space and its intersection with international law forms the basis of this article. This article analyses the militarization and weaponization of space. It is premised on the fact that the active move to militarization and weaponization of outer space that exposes the deficit of the international law space law regime. The article highlights the fact that the international space law legal regime now has a new game in the making for which it is in many ways ill equipped to handle.

Keywords

Space Law regimeStrategic Defence Initiative‘Star Wars’Outer Space Treatyweaponization of outer spacespace craftsAnti-Satellite Weapons‘Smart War’integrated battle platformSpace Operated VehiclesCombat Aero VehicleUN CharterAnti-Ballistic Missile TreatyStrategic Arms Limitation Treatynon-conventional weaponry‘killer’ satellitescyber attack
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Netherlands International Law Review , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , December 2005 , pp. 461 - 488
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© T.M.C. Asser Press 2005

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