No. 333: The New Frontier of Space Militarization

Author(s): Sarah Wiedemar
Editor(s): Névine Schepers
Series Editor(s): Névine Schepers, Fabien Merz
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 333
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

The exploitation of space today is increasingly driven by the innovations of private actors. Confronted with Russia’s military aggression, Ukraine showed how nations with little or no space capabilities can leverage commercial space infrastructure for combat. The massive reliance on commercial actors to provide vital support for Ukraine’s military operations suggests a new round of the militarization of space, one that private actors increasingly dominate.

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