1. Technology and Strategy: Hypersonic Weapon Systems Will Decrease Global Strategic Stability - and Current Control Regimes Won't Do
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Schütz, Torben and Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
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weapon ,Technology (Applied sciences) ,arms control ,Politikwissenschaft ,Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik ,Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy ,Sicherheitspolitik ,Strategie ,security policy ,Technology Assessment ,defense policy ,Technikfolgenabschätzung ,Stabilität ,Political science ,Technik, Technologie ,Verteidigungspolitik ,armaments ,Rüstungskontrolle ,Technikfolgen ,stability ,technology assessment ,ddc:320 ,Waffe ,effects of technology ,Rüstung ,strategy ,ddc:600 - Abstract
Hypersonic weapon systems will alter the global strategic landscape. They will compress reaction times, increase ambiguity of military actions, and may lead to the weaponization of space. With no effective defenses against such systems in sight, all actors will face less stability - regardless of whether or not they field hypersonic weapon systems themselves. Germany and Europe should explore options to mitigate these risks through arms control, export controls, and confidence-building measures.
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- 2019