Space as a Competition Domain: Threats and Opportunities

The article deals with the unfolding race for military, technological, and political infl uence in space. Great powers have competed space since dawn of Space Age. Today we are once again faced possibility warfi ghting, but there more than two players game now civil infrastructure depends on ever before. Theoretical war threats often analysed through an assessment possible targets. And real-life challenges here, including not limited to rendezvous proximity operations (RPO), existing destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities, non-destructive electronic warfare, cyber jamming capabilities. greatest threat, though, comes from simple misperceptions actions by diff erent actors. cannot be separated dynamics Earth, might some room space-specifi c confi dence-building, risk reduction even arms control measures.