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Winning space : how America remains a superpower / Brandon J. Weichert.

Weichert, Brandon J., 1988- (author.). Owens, Mackubin Thomas, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"When President Donald J. Trump announced the creation of America's sixth branch of the military, the United States Space Force, many in Washington scoffed, but U.S. rivals in China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea took notice. Since the end of the Cold War, these American foes have chafed under the full-spectrum dominance that the American superpower has enjoyed globally. They have identified space as a key strategic domain where they can challenge, and possibly defeat, the United States military. And, depriving the U.S. military and its economy of access to space during an international crisis could spell doom for the United States in other strategic domains (land, sea, air, and cyberspace)...The net decade presents U.S. policymakers one last chance to preserve the superpower status that America fought two world wars and the Cold War to build. Time is not on our side. We are on notice, but we have not noticed." -- From the jacket cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781645720119
ISBN: 164572011X
Physical Description: xx, 422 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Alexandria, VA : Republic Book Publishers, c2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword by Mackubin Thomas Owens -- Introduction : Make space great again -- 2022: The year "Space Pearl Harbor" happens -- The case for space -- China adds to our technological distinctiveness to their own -- China has the guts to try -- How China plans to win the resource war in space -- The Russian Bear blasts off to space (again) -- Russia becomes the "Walmart" of rockets -- Russian EMP and satellite jamming threats -- Russia builds its own GPS -- The Bear hugs the Dragon -- Rocket Man goes nuclear -- The mad mullahs look to the heavens -- NATO in space? Ask the French -- Japan builds its space mining program (at cost!) -- Israel in space: small country, big dreams -- Flying into space as cheaply as buying an SUV -- Bringing back Brazil -- Space nationalism -- Deregulating space -- Being cheap and easy in space is good -- NASA's catwalk in space -- Staying to the left of boom by going high.