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Rumsfeld's Revolution: Is the Big Shift in Defense Really Happening at Last?
By: Philip Gold Discovery Institute June 30, 2001
As for space . . . what goes up, and what comes down, must await a series of White House and Congressional decisions concerning national policies, current treaties, and technological priorities. These decisions do not mean "militarizing" space, which has been militarized ever since the first ICBM passed through and the first spy satellite went up. These decisions do involve what measures will be taken to protect our military and civilian satellites; what measures will be taken to deny others the use of space in an emergency; and whether non-nuclear weapons capable of striking earthly targets will be sent aloft. Current treaties prohibit testing nuclear weapons and placing weapons of mass destruction in outer space. These should be maintained. But there is no reason why other weapons, especially directed energy weapons as they become available, should not be sent aloft, if national security requires it.
many nations can develop, and several are developing "niche capabilities," relatively crude systems that do the job. Further, since they don't need space the way we do, even a High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) attack - a nuclear burst in space that could degrade or destroy large chunks of everybody's capability - wouldn't affect them vitally. In addition, no serious missile defense system can work without a space-based component to attack enemy missiles and warheads during their boost and midcourse phases. Finally, it may be desirable to place non-nuclear weapons in space for use on targets below, and to develop a "launch on demand" capability for both manned and unmanned vehicles.(26)