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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: COLD WAR SECURITY STUDIES

Volume 58

SPACE WEAPONS AND U.S. STRATEGY

First published in 1985 by Croom Helm Ltd

This edition first published in 2021

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1985 Paul B. Stares

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Space Weapons and US Strategy:

ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT

P AUL B. S TARES

1985 Paul B. Stares

Croom Helm Ltd, Provident House, Burrell Row,

Beckenham, Kent BR3 1AT

Croom Helm Australia Pty Ltd, First Floor, 139 King Street,

Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Stares, Paul B.

1. Artificial satellitesGovernment policy

United StatesHistory 2. Military

reconnaissanceGovemment policy United

StatesHistory

I. Title

623.7490973UG763

ISBN 0-7099-2369-4

Typeset by Words & Pictures Ltd., Thornton Heath, Surrey

Printed and bound in Great Britain

Contents

Acknowledgements

2. The Origins of the US Military Space Programme, 19451957

Introduction

Early Days

The US Reconnaissance Satellite Programme

The Scientific Satellite Programme

Conclusion

3. Eisenhower and the Space Challenge

Introduction

The Reaction to Sputnik and the Reorganization of the US Space Programme

US Policy Towards the Military Use of Space, 19571960

Conclusion

4. Kennedy and the Years of Uncertainty

Introduction

Review and Reorganization

The Legitimization of US Satellite Reconnaissance

The Pressure to Expand the Military Space Programme

Arms Control and the Orbital Bomb Threat

Conclusion

5. The Johnson Years: The Consolidation of Policy

Introduction

US Policy: Conformity and Contradiction

The Soviet FOBS Threat

Negotiations Leading to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty

Conclusion

6. US Antisatellite Research and Development, 19571970

Early US Research on Space Weaponry

Major Antisatellite Projects

The US Space Detection and Tracking Facilities

7. The New Soviet Space Challenge, 19681977

Introduction

The First Phase of Satellite Interceptor Tests, 19681971

The Expanding Soviet Military Space Programme

The Resumption of ASAT Testing and the Debate over the Soviet Beam Weapon Programme

Motives

Conclusion

8. Nixon and Ford: Continuity and Change

Introduction

Nixon and the Military Space Programme

The Ford Administration: Towards a Change in US Policy

Conclusion

9. Carter and the Two-Track Policy

Introduction

The Formation of Carters Space Policy

The Continuing Soviet Space Challenge

The Pursuit of ASAT Arms Control

Conclusion

10. US Antisatellite Research and Development, 19711981

The Fall and Rise of the US ASAT Programme

Space Defence Research Under Carter

The US Directed Energy Weapons Programme

11. The Reagan Presidency: Towards an Arms Race in Space, 19811984

Introduction

US Military Space Policy Under Reagan

Arming For the High Frontier

The Strategic Defense Initiative

A Farewell to Space Arms Control?

Conclusion

12. Conclusion

Introduction

Explaining the US-Soviet Militarization of Space

Lessons for Arms Control

From Cold War to Hot War: Implications for the Future

A Note on Research Methodology and Sources

1. Acknowledgements
2. 2. The Origins of the US Military Space Programme, 19451957
   1. Introduction
   2. Early Days
   3. The US Reconnaissance Satellite Programme
   4. The Scientific Satellite Programme
   5. Conclusion
3. 3. Eisenhower and the Space Challenge
   1. Introduction
   2. The Reaction to Sputnik and the Reorganization of the US Space Programme
   3. US Policy Towards the Military Use of Space, 19571960
   4. Conclusion
4. 4. Kennedy and the Years of Uncertainty
   1. Introduction
   2. Review and Reorganization
   3. The Legitimization of US Satellite Reconnaissance
   4. The Pressure to Expand the Military Space Programme
   5. Arms Control and the Orbital Bomb Threat
   6. Conclusion
5. 5. The Johnson Years: The Consolidation of Policy
   1. Introduction
   2. US Policy: Conformity and Contradiction
   3. The Soviet FOBS Threat
   4. Negotiations Leading to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty
   5. Conclusion
6. 6. US Antisatellite Research and Development, 19571970
   1. Early US Research on Space Weaponry
   2. Major Antisatellite Projects
   3. The US Space Detection and Tracking Facilities
7. 7. The New Soviet Space Challenge, 19681977
   1. Introduction
   2. The First Phase of Satellite Interceptor Tests, 19681971
   3. The Expanding Soviet Military Space Programme
   4. The Resumption of ASAT Testing and the Debate over the Soviet Beam Weapon Programme
   5. Motives
   6. Conclusion
8. 8. Nixon and Ford: Continuity and Change
   1. Introduction
   2. Nixon and the Military Space Programme
   3. The Ford Administration: Towards a Change in US Policy
   4. Conclusion
9. 9. Carter and the Two-Track Policy
   1. Introduction
   2. The Formation of Carters Space Policy
   3. The Continuing Soviet Space Challenge
   4. The Pursuit of ASAT Arms Control
   5. Conclusion
10. 10. US Antisatellite Research and Development, 19711981
    1. The Fall and Rise of the US ASAT Programme
    2. Space Defence Research Under Carter
    3. The US Directed Energy Weapons Programme
11. 11. The Reagan Presidency: Towards an Arms Race in Space, 19811984
    1. Introduction
    2. US Military Space Policy Under Reagan
    3. Arming For the High Frontier

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