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Francis P. Stallings

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2011 Open Access

Is space the ultimate high ground?

Gregory Meyer, Francis Stallings

Proceedings Volume 8044, 80440K (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889117

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Space operations, Space reconnaissance, Earth observing sensors, Lead, Satellite imaging, Oceanography, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Reconnaissance

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Military experts often refer to space as the ultimate high ground under the premise that placing systems in orbit provides advantages consistent with the military doctrine of high ground. Although space provides the ultimate "observation post", it has none of the other advantages traditionally associated with high ground. Army Field Manual (FM) 34-130 states the other advantages of holding key terrain: commanding avenues of approach, overcoming obstacles, and affording cover and concealment as additional benefits of high ground. Yet systems in orbit incur none of these additional advantages. Finally, international restrictions and reciprocity concerns limit the employment of weapons in space nullifying many of the unique capability advantages that would otherwise support the "high ground" aspect of space. As the ultimate observation post, satellites provide a large quantity of vital data to military decision makers. This massive amount of data needs to have as much context as possible to convert this data to useful knowledge. To use space assets optimally, the military needs to learn from the past and make space and cyber products distributed and tactical. It is absolutely essential to distribute the right information to the lowest level (tactical elements) of the organization or the "boots on the ground" in a timely manner.

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