Defending Space

Author : Clayton K. S. Chun
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780967373
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Space written by Clayton K. S. Chun and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has been developing space for many years, and satellites provide the US Military with an unparaleled advantage over its adversaries. Constellations of both military and civilian satellites provide protection and support for military operations; deliver ballistic missile early warning; supply reliable, secure and jam-proof communications; gather audio-visual intelligence; predict weather patterns; guide navigation; and deliver guided-weapons targeting, as well as a host of other missions. This book explores the design, development and usage of US military space systems, as well past and future threats to the systems. The current relevance of this topic to the international community as a whole is key, as space becomes the next, if only virtual, theater of warfare.

Author : Karen Ingala Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509554459
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Women's Spaces written by Karen Ingala Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who counts as a woman? This question lies at the heart of many public debates about sex and gender today. While we increasingly recognise the desire of some to eliminate the sex binary in law, a particular boiling point emerges through conflicting demands over women’s spaces. Which should govern access to these – sex or gender identity? Karen Ingala Smith, a veteran campaigner for women’s and girls’ rights, opts for the former. In this trenchant critique of inclusivity politics, she argues that we cannot ignore the wealth of evidence which shows that people of the female sex have a unique set of needs which are often not met by mixed-sex spaces. Drawing on her 30 years of experience in researching and recording men’s violence against women and girls, she outlines how certain spaces, including refuges, benefit from remaining single sex – and what they stand to lose. Written with sensitivity and respect for all concerned, this book nevertheless dismantles the idea that we have reached a post-sex utopia.

Author : Hadley Dyer
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771381973
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Watch This Space written by Hadley Dyer and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book examines public space - what it is, why it’s important, how to protect and expand it, and much more.

Author : Michael E. O'Hanlon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815798675
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending America written by Michael E. O'Hanlon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arms control and missile defense are once again at the forefront of the American national security agenda. Not surprisingly, the debate has broken down along well-worn lines. Arms control advocates dismiss the idea of missile defense as a dangerous and costly folly. Missile defense advocates argue that the U.S. should move aggressively to defend itself against missile attack. With clear and lively prose free of partisan rhetoric, Defending America provides reliable, factual analysis of the missile defense debate. Written for a general audience, it assesses the current and likely future missile threat to the United States, examines relevant technologies, and suggests how America's friends and foes would react to a decision to build a national missile defense. Lindsay and O'Hanlon reject calls for large-scale systems as well as proposals to do nothing, instead arguing for a limited national missile defense.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309149681
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Planet Earth written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States spends approximately $4 million each year searching for near-Earth objects (NEOs). The objective is to detect those that may collide with Earth. The majority of this funding supports the operation of several observatories that scan the sky searching for NEOs. This, however, is insufficient in detecting the majority of NEOs that may present a tangible threat to humanity. A significantly smaller amount of funding supports ways to protect the Earth from such a potential collision or "mitigation." In 2005, a Congressional mandate called for NASA to detect 90 percent of NEOs with diameters of 140 meters of greater by 2020. Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies identifies the need for detection of objects as small as 30 to 50 meters as these can be highly destructive. The book explores four main types of mitigation including civil defense, "slow push" or "pull" methods, kinetic impactors and nuclear explosions. It also asserts that responding effectively to hazards posed by NEOs requires national and international cooperation. Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies is a useful guide for scientists, astronomers, policy makers and engineers.

Author : Todd Harrison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538140322
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space written by Todd Harrison and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proliferation of counterspace weapons across the globe often calls into question what can be done to best protect satellites from attack. This analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project addresses different methods and technologies that can be used by the United States government, and others, to deter adversaries from attack. A wide range of active and passive defenses are available to protect space systems and the ground infrastructure they depend upon from different types of threats. This report captures a range of active and passive defenses that are theoretically possible and discusses the advantages and limitations of each. A group of technical space and national security experts supported the analysis by working through several plausible scenarios that explore a range of defenses that may be needed, concepts for employing different types of defenses, and how defensive actions in space may be perceived by others. These scenarios and the findings that resulted from subsequent conversations with experts are reported in the penultimate chapter of the report. Finally, the CSIS Aerospace Security Project team offers conclusions drawn from the analysis, actionable recommendations for policymakers, and additional research topics to be explored in future work.

Author : Derek Paul
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000262723
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Europe written by Derek Paul and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1985, examines the questions of European security that lie at the heart of the confrontation between the superpowers. It concentrates on ways of achieving defence by conventional means rather than a reliance on nuclear or chemical weapons, and at the same time focuses on possible force reductions.

Author : Martin Edmonds
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136875344
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Taiwan written by Martin Edmonds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent concern about mainland China's intentions towards Taiwan, and more general concern about the risk of instability in the region, has led to growing interest in Taiwan's military strategy, in how Taiwan perceives threats to itself, and in how the Taiwanese military are reacting to these perceived threats. This book, which includes contributions by leading Taiwanese military thinkers, explores current military strategy in Taiwan and how it is evolving. It discusses Taiwan's military modernisation, and the implications of the recent defeat after fifty years in power of the Kuomintang Party, implications which include a move away from an authoritarian garrison state culture, and the beginnings of a more open debate about defence. The book concludes with an overall appraisal of Taiwan's defence vision and makes recommendations on how Taiwan's defence might be enhanced.

Author : Jonathan Benney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415694302
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Rights in Contemporary China written by Jonathan Benney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defending Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights defence, or weiquan, in China. Further, it shows that rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural, and the changing distribution of power in China. In this book, Jonathan Benney argues that the idea of rights defence has gone from being a tool of the government to being a tool to attack the party-state, and explores the consequences of this controversial activist movement.

Author : Gawdat Bahgat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108755135
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Iran written by Gawdat Bahgat and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1979 revolution, the ruling establishment of Iran has developed and articulated a defense strategy reflective of the country's Iran-Iraq war experience and its international isolation. Its asymmetrical warfare doctrine, use of irregular forces in military campaigns, deployment of ballistic missiles, use of fast naval vessels to harass and confuse adversaries, and finally development of a sophisticated cyber warfare capability, are all features of this unique defense strategy. Based on a wide range of primary sources in Persian, Arabic and English, Gawdat Bahgat and Anoushiravan Ehteshami offer a detailed and authoritative analysis of Iran's defense strategy. Additionally, this book provides a comparative analysis of the Islamic Republic's capabilities in relation to Israel and Saudi Arabia, its main regional adversaries. Framing Tehran's threat perceptions following the revolution within a wider historical context, this book will facilitate further analytical reflections on the country's changing role in the region, and its relations further afield, with the United States, Europe, Russia and China.