NUCLEAR ASSURANCE AND THE MONITORING THEOUTER SPACE

摘要

STRATEGIC STABILITY HAS TWO DIMENSIONS: STABILITY THROUGH THE BALANCE OF ARMS RACEAND CRISIS STABILITY, IN AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH LEVEL OF DISTRUST ANDHOSTILITY. NUCLEAR GUARANTEE IS A FORM OF ASSURANCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,CUSTOMIZED ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE PROVISION MUST WORK. ASSURANCEAPPEARS IN TWO FORMS - ASSURANCE/POSITIVE GUARANTEE AND NEGATIVE ASSURANCE. THEASIA-PACIFIC REGION BECOMES A STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT OF POWER CHANGE ANDUNCERTAINTY.IN THE CASE OF SOUTH KOREA IS GOING TO DEVELOP ITS OWN INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR ARSENAL,JAPAN WILL PROCEED IN A SIMILAR MANNER, BEING LIKELY THAT AUSTRALIA SHOULD DO THESAME.APART FROM THE AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SPACE, OVER 60 STATES NATIONALCONSORTIUMS, COMMERCIAL BODIES AND ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION HAVE MANY ACTIVITIES INSPACE. THE SPACE FRAGMENTS ISSUE HAS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES UPON THE MILITARY ANDINTELLIGENCE SATELLITES SYSTEMS; THE PROBABILITY OF A CATASTROPHICALLY COLLISION -ACCIDENTAL OR INTENDED - BEING GREAT.