Outer Space - Battlefield of the Future?

by SIPRI

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1978, examines the military use of space - around 60 per cent of US and Soviet satellites were military ones. The satellites were for military communications, weather prediction, navigation, photographic and electronic reconnaissance, targeting, early warning, and satellites capable of destroying enemy satellites. This book analyses the capabilities of military satellites as part of the debate around the encroachment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367627655
• ISBN13: 9780367627652
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"