In the 1990s, the United States must use the high ground of space if it is to keep pace with an evolving threat. A space based, wide area surveillance system with the capability to detect and track ships and aircraft in all weather conditions, day or night, could provide long-range surveillance, tracking, targeting and intelligence information to tactical commanders, enabling then to revolutionize planning and tactics and to deny the enemy the element of surprise.
Space based wide area surveillance
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Signal ; 43 , 9 ; 30-34
1989
Article (Journal)
English
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