TY - BOOK ID - 1462275 TI - Neither star wars nor sanctuary: constraining the military uses of space PY - 2004 SN - 0815764561 081576457X PB - Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press DB - UniCat KW - Polemology KW - United States KW - Astronautics, Military -- United States. KW - Ballistic missile defenses -- United States. KW - Space warfare. KW - United States -- Military policy. KW - World politics -- 21st century. KW - Air Forces KW - Military & Naval Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1462275 AB - Space has been militarized for over four decades. Should it now be weaponized? This incisive and insightful book argues that it should not. Since the cold war, space has come to harbor many tools of the tactical warfighter. Satellites have long been used to provide strategic communication, early warning of missile launch, and arms control verification. The U.S. armed forces increasingly use space assets to locate and strike targets on the battlefield. To date, though, no country deploys destructive weapons in space, for use against space or Earth targets, and no country possesses ground-based ER -