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Protection of Critical Satellite Infrastructure and its Importance for Global Security. Selected Aspects

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32084/bsawp.8532  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2024-04-04

Abstract

In July 2018, at a meeting in Brussels, NATO leaders agreed that space was a dynamic and rapidly developing area of considerable importance to the Alliance’s joint deterrence and defense posture. They then decided to develop an overarching NATO space policy, which was done less than a year later. In December 2019, space was recognized as a new operational domain (alongside air, land, sea and cyberspace). There was immediate speculation that this surge in NATO space activity was triggered by President Donald Trump’s initiative to create the United States Space Force (USSF). In fact, however, these were deliberate decisions by the Allies preceded by years of meticulous research and discussions.

In terms of security, however, space is not “new,” as it has remained closely linked primarily to nuclear deterrence since the beginning of the Cold War. Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) technology was essential to both the nuclear and space races. Space thus became the arena in which the rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States was at its most spectacular, and extremely peaceful.

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