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The military ascent into space: from playground to battleground: the new uncertain game in the heavens
Author/Creator
Maogoto, Jackson Nyamuya
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, School of Law
Description
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.
Relation
Netherlands International Law Review Vol. 52, Issue 3, p. 461-488
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0165070X05004614
Date
2005
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press
Keyword(s)
space law regime;  Strategic Defence Initiative;  combat aero vehicle;  UN Charter;  Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty;  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty;  non-conventional weaponry;  ‘killer’ satellites;  cyber attack;  ‘Star Wars’;  Outer Space Treaty;  weaponization of outer space;  space crafts;  anti-satellite weapons;  ‘Smart War’;  integrated battle platform;  space operated vehicles
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/34714
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ISSN:0165-070X
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