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During the Cold War, space was the private reserve of the two superpowers. But American allies drew great benefits from U.S. investment in space. For the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it was the “high frontier” from which we could support collective defense and project power with near impunity. Today, space is a shared domain in which we operate together with more and more countries—friends and allies as well as potential adversaries. It is a domain that is increasingly challenged, and the nature of these challenges can be characterized by “three Cs”: congested, contested, and competitive.
Document Type
Policy Brief
Topic(s)
Transatlantic Security, National Security, Defense Policy
Publication Date
5-2012
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
Keywords
NATO space security, protecting space advantage, transatlantic space cooperation, space domain operations, alliance space capabilities, collective defense in space, NATO space policy, military space strategy
Recommended Citation
Schulte, Gregory, "Protecting NATO’s Advantage in Space" (2012). Transatlantic Currents. 3.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/transatlantic-currents/3