The Oxford handbook of space security / edited by Saadia M. Pekkanen and P.J. Blount.
Series: Oxford handbooks online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197582701Other title: Handbook of space security | Space securitySubject(s): Space security | Warfare and Defence | Warfare & defenceAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197582671DDC classification: 358.8 LOC classification: JZ5695 | .O94 2024Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Space security is a complex assemblage of societal risks and benefits that result from space-based capabilities and is currently in a period of transformation as innovative processes are rapidly changing the underlying assumptions about stability in the space domain. New space-based technologies are emerging at an accelerating rate, and both established and emerging states are actively and openly pursuing weapons to negate other states' space capabilities. Many states have set up dedicated military space units in order to preemptively counter such threats. In addition, a number of major private companies with a transnational presence are also investing heavily in extraterrestrially-based technology. This volume focuses on the interaction between space technology and international and national security processes from an international relations theory perspective.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Space security is a complex assemblage of societal risks and benefits that result from space-based capabilities and is currently in a period of transformation as innovative processes are rapidly changing the underlying assumptions about stability in the space domain. New space-based technologies are emerging at an accelerating rate, and both established and emerging states are actively and openly pursuing weapons to negate other states' space capabilities. Many states have set up dedicated military space units in order to preemptively counter such threats. In addition, a number of major private companies with a transnational presence are also investing heavily in extraterrestrially-based technology. This volume focuses on the interaction between space technology and international and national security processes from an international relations theory perspective.
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