Through a series of essays, the contributors consider the consequences for U.S. foreign policy, alliance relations, and strategic stability of the development of space technology. They contemplate possibilities for future defense systems, and the complications that might ensue.
Showing how the development of space technology could affect the present system of deterrence, the authors consider the consequences for U.S. foreign policy, alliance relations, and strategic stability. In the first essay, Dr. Tucker argues that a greater commitment to defensive systems would not substantially affect deterrence or extended deterren
