Laser Weapons in Space: Policy and Doctrine

ISBN-13: 9780367020194 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 242 str.

Payne, Keith B.

Opis

This is the first comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding the potential development by the United States of a space-based laser weapons program. The authors assess the implications of arms control agreements for a satellite-based laser program, including discussions of recent Soviet space-related arms control initiatives and the forthcoming ABM treaty review. They outline likely Soviet responses to a U.S. space-based laser system, address criticisms of the proposed program, and consider its future in light of developments in U.S. defense strategy and doctrine.

Spis treści

Westview Replica Editions -- Introduction and Overview of Policy Issues -- Space-Based Ballistic Missile Defense: An Overview of the Technical Issues -- Implications of Arms Control Agreements and Negotiations for Space-Based BMD Lasers -- Space-Based Lasers For Ballistic Missile Defense: Soviet Policy Options -- Space-Based Lasers and the Evolution of Strategic Thought -- The Strategic Nuclear Policy of the Reagan Administration: Trends, Problems, and the Potential Relevance of Space-Based Laser Weapons