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WEAPONIZATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Space Warfare
CONT

Space weaponization is a subset of space militarization. If one envisions a natural sequence ranging from space systems not being used for any militarily useful purposes at all, to satellites providing services to support terrestrial military operations ..., to satellites being integral parts of terrestrial weapon systems ..., and finally to weapons themselves being deployed in space, weaponization occurs when the upper range of this sequence is reached. At its most extreme, space weaponization would include the deployment in quantity of a full range of space weapons, including satellite-based systems for ballistic missile defense (BMD), ground- and space-based anti-satellite weapons (ASATs), and a variety of space-to-Earth weapons (STEW), and these would play a central role in any type of military operations conducted by their owners.

Key term(s)
  • weaponisation of outer space
  • weaponisation of space
  • space weaponisation
  • weaponisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Guerre spatiale
DEF

Mise en place d'armes dans l'espace.

OBS

arsenalisation de l'espace; arsenalisation : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 26 janvier 2025.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

The action of adapting something to use it as a weapon.

OBS

Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive devices and improvised explosive devices are results of weaponization.

OBS

weaponization: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Action d'adapter quelque chose afin de l'utiliser comme une arme.

OBS

Les dispositifs chimiques, biologiques, radiologiques, nucléaires ou explosifs et les engins explosifs improvisés sont le résultat d'une transformation en arme.

OBS

transformation en arme : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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