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Space as the final frontier : the changing face of national security in the new strategic environment
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Before the nineteenth century, a nation’s land forces determined the power of its military; during the nineteenth century it was the sea powers that were dominant. In the twentieth century, air power asserted itself and continues to dictate supremacy. In the twenty-first century, according the US Air Force General Merrill A. McPeak, control of space assets will be the primary measure of a nation’s power. The launching of the first rocket, the German V-2, by German scientist Werner Von Braun on October 3, 1942, and the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, had started the race to put things up in space. Since then, numerous nations around the world have become increasingly aware of the myriad possibilities outer space provides for enhancing many different aspects of life on earth. While there are many so-called “peaceful” applications of technology in space such as weather and communication satellites, and numerous scientific experiments, there are also considerable military applications of space-based technology, and these have been increasing rapidly in the last couple of decades. There are currently more than 30 states involved in space activities, but the US is ahead of the competition. The US military already has a significant presence in space, operating at least 100 critical military satellites, and space has been used to provide everything from reconnaissance to telecommunications to weather information.
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