The Future of Militarization

I found the two articles fascinating. Both space and cyberspace are so vast it is difficult to imagine being able to militarize areas such as these. The US policy towards space seems so contradictory. Not only does it declare space an open area for peaceful purposes but then also declares it vital to US national security. It also seems to be completely against any form of regulation. I found that there is already an international body that oversees space. It is the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/COPUOS/copuos.html


I also think it will be every interesting in the future to see if wars are ever fought in cyberspace. The internet is so vast and has so many uses. It is difficult to even comprehend how it could be militarized and what that means. Does it simply refer to information collecting, to firewalls to other security defenses, to managing information for the public, or do military planners envision waging battles in cyberspace. In many ways cyberspace is larger than the world and it will be a large task for the 8th Air Force to attempt to militarize it. Here is an interesting CNN article from a few years back. I think it is the closest to a cyberwar that’s ever been waged.

http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/03/china.hack/index.html