The Military Ascent into Space: From Playground to Battleground - The New Uncertain Game in the Heavens

Netherlands International Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2005

36 Pages Posted: 24 Dec 2007 Last revised: 23 Aug 2014

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Abstract

This article seeks to bring to light the various aspects pertaining to the militarization and weaponization of space. It will give an overview of initiatives by the space-faring nations in developing space weaponry, discuss the space law regime and in particular expose its defects in effectively addressing space warfare. It will then proceed to generally juxtapose space warfare with the U.N. Charter regime on the use of force. The article exposes various questions, but does not seek to undertake the ambitious goal of supplying solutions; after all, as the article will demonstrate, the problems are readily evident, but the solutions absent.

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Maogoto, Jackson Nyamuya, The Military Ascent into Space: From Playground to Battleground - The New Uncertain Game in the Heavens. Netherlands International Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1043701

Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto (Contact Author)

University of Manchester ( email )

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Manchester M13 9PL, M139PL
United Kingdom

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