Implications of the Chinese anti-satellite test for the United States Navy Surface Forces

On January 11, 2007, China successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon. This thesis seeks to view the test's implications with regards to the prospect of China holding a false impression of offense dominance by using its ASAT weapon to temporarily create a shift in the strategic balan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dillon, Matthew John.
Other Authors: Twomey, Christopher
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3930