{"title":"Corbett in Orbit: A Maritime Model for Strategic Space Theory","authors":"J. J. Klein","doi":"10.21236/ada421953","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract : Since the 1950s, there have been discussions concerning the need to develop a space power theory. In their attempts to formulate such a theory, strategists have noted the similarities of space operations to those of air and naval operations. Consequently, many have attempted to derive a clearly articulated, all-encompassing space theory through analogy and comparison to either airpower or sea-control models. These efforts, however, as observers like the contemporary historian and strategist Colin Gray have noted, have not produced a theory addressing space operations and associated national resources and military force will be applied poorly or even counter productively.","PeriodicalId":51874,"journal":{"name":"Naval War College Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Naval War College Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21236/ada421953","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract : Since the 1950s, there have been discussions concerning the need to develop a space power theory. In their attempts to formulate such a theory, strategists have noted the similarities of space operations to those of air and naval operations. Consequently, many have attempted to derive a clearly articulated, all-encompassing space theory through analogy and comparison to either airpower or sea-control models. These efforts, however, as observers like the contemporary historian and strategist Colin Gray have noted, have not produced a theory addressing space operations and associated national resources and military force will be applied poorly or even counter productively.