Author Bruce W. MacDonald of the Council on Foreign Relations has come out with an interesting overview assessing the future of military operations in space. The report comes in the wake of China and the United States’ successful use of anti-satellite weapons over the last two years.
Satellites have become a vital part of modern military operations, providing information and intelligence to armed forces across the globe while working from a remote location. As other nations develop similar devices to be deployed in space, the growing need for cooperation and regulation on these matters is needed.
The report calls for the development of “space diplomacy” to counter the troubling idea of space conflicts as countries construct sophisticated weapons that extend beyond Earth’s atmosphere.