INDIA'S SPACE SECURITY DILEMMA
$41.00
Author: | GP Capt T H Anand Rao |
ISBN 13: | 9789389137989 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2021 |
Subject: | Military Studies |
About the Book
Satellite applications have become a pre-requisite for effective military operations. The reliance on space assets by the military has made these very assets vulnerable to attacks by an adversary, leading to the development of anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities. The rise of China as an ASAT capable nation in an arena dominated by the two major space powers – US and Russia – has led to a different kind of space race: the race for space dominance. In the absence of stringent laws prohibiting such weapons in space.