Space security is a complex subject that encompasses a number of issues that
deserve closer examination. As this site becomes populated, this section will
house issue briefs on such topics as the weaponization of space[1],
missile defense[2], space debris[3],
and international cooperation in space[4]. While this section
remains under construction, please refer to the links below for good resources
already out on the web that address these issues.
Further Research:
1. Weaponization of Space
1a . The Stimson Center's Space Security Project: "Space Security or Space Weapons?"
(English)
1b . The Eisenhower Institute: Space Weaponization (English)
1c . Nuclear Threat Initiative: China's Attitude Toward Outer Space Weapons
(English)
1d. China Warns Conference on Disarmament That Consequences of Weaponization
of Outer Space Would Be Most Serious (English)
1e . Space War and National Security-Chinese Military Theory Expert Wang Jiangqi
talks about Space War (PDF), by Fei Xiao (中文版)
2. Missile Defense
2a . The Center for Defense Information: Missile Defense (English)
2b. The Center for Nonproliferation Studies: "China's Opposition to Missile
Defense" (English)
2c . How Will China Respond to National Missile Defense System? by Qingsong
Zhang (中文版)
2d . 'China and Missile Defense'-- A panel Discussion with Dr. Ronald Montaperto
and Dr. Michael O'Hanlon, by Beth Hetzler (English)
3. Space Debris
3a . NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office (English)
3b . Space.com, "U.S.-China Space Debris Collide in Orbit" by Leonard David
(English)
3c. Sohu.com, "China has Mastered Space Debris Reduction Technology and
Rockets Emission will not Produce Space Trash" (中文版)
3d . CAS sets up the first space debris monitoring center in China (English)
4. International Cooperation
4a . Federation of American Scientists: Deputy Secretary of Defense (Space)
Robert V. Davis' speech to the Second Annual Space Strategy and Architecture
Symposium (English)
4b . Space.com, "Engage China, Engage the World" by Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (English)
