Selected Legal Challenges Relating to the Military use of Outer Space, with Specific Reference to Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty

Selected Legal Challenges Relating to the Military use of Outer Space, with Specific Reference to Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty

Since the end of the Second World War the potential use of outer space for military purposes persisted to be intrinsically linked to the development of space technology and space flight. The launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, by the USSR in 1957 made Western states realise that a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anél Ferreira-Snyman
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2015-12-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
Subjects:
aggression
militarisation
Outer Space Treaty
peaceful purposes
satellite
self-defence
soft law
space debris
space security
space weapon
use of force
weaponisation
Online Access:http://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/files/p-per/issuepages/2015volume18no3/2015%2818%293FERSNYMArt.pdf

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