War in Space: The Science and Technology Behind Our Next Theater of Conflict

by Linda Dawson

With the recent influx of spaceflight and satellite launches, the region of outer space has become saturated with vital technology used for communication and surveillance and the functioning of business and government. But what would happen if these capabilities were disrupted or even destroyed? How would we react if faced with a full-scale blackout of satellite communications? What can and has happened following the destruction of a satellite?
In the short term, the aftermath would send thousands of fragments orbiting Earth as space debris. In the longer term, the ramifications of such an event on Earth and in space would be alarming, to say the least.
This book takes a look at such crippling scenarios and how countries around the world might respond in their wake. It describes the aggressive actions that nations could take and the technologies that could be leveraged to gain power and control over assets, as well as to initiate war in the theater of outer space.
The ways that a country's vital capabilities could be disarmed in such a setting are investigated. In addition, the book discusses our past and present political climate, including which countries currently have these abilities and who the aggressive players already are. Finally, it addresses promising research and space technology that could be used to protect us from those interested in destroying the world's vital systems.

Genres: Space, Science

215 pages, Paperback

First published January 14, 2019

Reviews

[Robert Theodorson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A genuinely interesting summary of how states can act against each other in space. The book has some great illustrations explaining how and why states can make offensive maneuvers against another state's space objects.

I bought the glossy paperback edition and the pages reek of chemicals, it's rather unavoidable and I hope they've fixed this since first publishing.

[Toastbrot123 · Rating 1 out of 5]

For a book titled "War in Space" there is surprisingly little about a possible war in space.

[Talha Zubyer]

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[Avi · Rating 5 out of 5]

As the sole rater I feel obligate to say something about this book. In short the book is good. It covers its material well however it was not what I expected from the title. The book details Science and Technology but not with the Future in mind rather what we can do today and maybe a few years from now. The book goes into far more detail into the Legal and cultural impacts of space technology and for that alone I would recommend this book to basically anyone interested in the Geopolitics of space (though I fear it will be out of date soon).