Military Implications of an SPS

LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1-1 Summary of Key Issues Identified in Previous Studies 1-3 2-1 SPS System and Subsystem Elements 2-2 2-2 Reference SPS Transportation Systems and Operations 2-4 3-1 Possible Military Adapters for SPS 3-4 3-2 Uses of Force Delivery Devices 3-9 3 3-3 Uses of C I Devices and Facilities 3-12 3-4 Uses of Military Support Devices 3-15 3-5 Institutional Threats 3-16 3-6 Ear th-to-Space Threats 3-23 3-7 Space-to-Earth Threats 3-24 3-8 Space-to-Space Threats 3-25 3-9 Threat/Safeguards Matrix for the SPS 3-27 4-1 Possible Technological Means of Assault Against SPS 4-8 4-2 Common Misperceptions Regarding SPS Vulnerability 4-19 4-3 Vulnerability/Safeguards Matrix for the SPS 4-20 5-1 Technological Safeguards for SPS 5-3 5-2 Institutional Safeguards for SPS 5-6 5-3 SPS Safeguard Summary 5-8 5-4 Principal Safeguards 5-9 A-l RIO Manning Requirements A-5 C.l-1 Estimated Vulnerability Thresholds C.l-6 C.l-2 Transient Short Circuit Current (I$c) Induced in Two Typical Cells (x and y) by Ionizing Radiation at High Transient Dose Rates C.l-7

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