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Neither Star Wars nor Sanctuary : Constraining the Military Uses of Space /

Space has been militarized for over four decades. Should it now be weaponized? This incisive and insightful book argues that it should not. Since the cold war, space has come to harbor many tools of the tactical warfighter. Satellites have long been used to provide strategic communication, early war...

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Autor principal: O'Hanlon, Michael E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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