Space the next frontier: opportunities and challenges for India
By: Grover, Pankaj
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BookPublisher: U.S.I. Journal Description: 151(625), Jul-Sep, 2021: p.273-294.
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U.S.I. JournalSummary: Space as the next frontier influences technological and military development, gives a stimulus to the economy and strengthens national will contributing to the coercive and persuasive ability of a nation. It is a medium to gain strategic superiority and has the capability to influence the international balance of power. At the same time it is also an evolving war theatre. The pursuit of security, supremacy, and balance of power in space began with the US and the USSR during the cold war era leading to the present scenario where space is becoming congested, contested, and competitive. India since 1969 has primarily been focused on making use of peaceful applications of space technologies and only recently has started investing to ensure that its assets are protected against advertent and inadvertent disruptions. There is a need for India to focus on having well defined strategic objectives to face the evolving trends on the turfs of outer space. The article analyses the global space economy and the latest trends in the space industry affecting the national security objectives. The compounded annual growth rate required by India’s space industry to keep up with the global pace has been analysed. Militarisation trend being followed in the global space domain has been compared with India’s counter space capabilities and, finally, a road map has been proposed for the Indian Space Programme to counter the challenges and exploit the opportunities leading to comprehensive national development. – Reproduced
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Space as the next frontier influences technological and military development, gives a stimulus to the economy and strengthens national will contributing to the coercive and persuasive ability of a nation. It is a medium to gain strategic superiority and has the capability to influence the international balance of power. At the same time it is also an evolving war theatre. The pursuit of security, supremacy, and balance of power in space began with the US and the USSR during the cold war era leading to the present scenario where space is becoming congested, contested, and competitive. India since 1969 has primarily been focused on making use of peaceful applications of space technologies and only recently has started investing to ensure that its assets are protected against advertent and inadvertent disruptions. There is a need for India to focus on having well defined strategic objectives to face the evolving trends on the turfs of outer space. The article analyses the global space economy and the latest trends in the space industry affecting the national security objectives. The compounded annual growth rate required by India’s space industry to keep up with the global pace has been analysed. Militarisation trend being followed in the global space domain has been compared with India’s counter space capabilities and, finally, a road map has been proposed for the Indian Space Programme to counter the challenges and exploit the opportunities leading to comprehensive national development. – Reproduced
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