Abstract
Current law concerning the militarization and weaponization of outer space is inadequate for present times. The increased implementation of “dual-use” space technologies poses obstacles for the demilitarization of space. This paper examines how far the militarization of space should be taken and also whether weapons of any kind should be placed in space. Further steps must be taken in international space law to attempt to keep the militarization and weaponization of space under control in order to promote and maintain a free outer space for research and exploration.
Citation
Emily Taft, Outer Space: The Final Frontier or the Final Battlefield?, 15 Duke Law & Technology Review 362-379 (2017)
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Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/vol15/iss1/18