LOX uring Fortress PUBLISHING Defending Space US Anti-Satellite Warfare and Space Weaponry | Clayton K $ Chun - Illustrated by Chris TaylorFortress * 53 Defending Space US Anti-Satellite Warfare and Space Weaponry Clayton K S Chun - Illustrated by Chris Taylor Series editors Marcus Cowper and Nikolai BogdanovieFt pbished in 200 by Oxpey Pairing Mana Hous Were Woy Bot Onlord OX2 OPH. UK “40 ark Aver Sut NewYork NY 1016, USA Eat no osprepuaig con © 2006 OrpreyPlanng Les [Ais reserved Apr hom ry ir igor the pps of rate ‘esearch ream a rvenas permite der he Cop Das ad Pare [Ac 968 opr fh pueaon my be eprodied ore na reveal ym, ‘or tarumaed in any frm or yy mee. troll chia mechan, ‘peel phtacanyingecrdngor others, who the por writen permision ofthe copript anne Eure shld be arsed to he Pb ISON 10:1 4603 390 ISBN 1.9781 6400 0290 Design Ken Grp Des, Contre UK “ype in Monotype Gi Sane a TC Stare St psy the ap Sui ed Index by Aon Woringon Cristy Unitas Graphs Senpre Praag in Cha though Bookbtaers e607 10987654321 AP catalog record for he booker the Brtsh rary Fon coc ora aoKs Ramen HY Over MUTA ANG AAACN Corey Direc i Rano Howse Dutibuion Caner 400 Ht Rose Wenner MO 2157 mat nfoemreirecicom (Orr Direct UK PO, Box 40 elingborouah Norns, NNS 2A UK Era: no Bowpreyrectcouk wemospreypublishingcom Acknowledgements | would like to express my great thanks to Dr Harry Waldron from the United States Air Force's Space and Missile Systems ‘Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. He helped me secure several photographs for this book. Nikolai Bogdanovie and Marcus Cowper from lios Publishing provided superb support land encouragement from the inception to the publication of the ‘book Finally. my family allowed me the time to work on this book. My wife, Cheryl,and sons, Doug and Ray, sacrificed alot of “ost” weekends and nights. Image credits {Al photographs that appear i this work are from the United States Government. The majority ofthe photographs come from the archives ofthe United Ses Air Force, Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office. The Fortress Study Group (FSG) The object of the FSG is to advance the education ofthe public In the study ofall aspects of fortifications and their armaments, expecially works constructed to mount or resist artery The FSG holds an annual conference in September over 2 long weekend with visi and evening lectures, an annual tour abroad lasting about eight days, and an annual Members’ Day. ‘The FSG journal FORT i published annually, and its newsleter CCasemote is published three times a year. Membership is International. For further details, please contac: “The Secretary c/o 6 Lanark Place, London W9 IBS, UK Conversion table | centimetre (em) ~ 0.3937in | metre (m) ~ 1.0936 yd | halometre (km) ~ 0.6214 mile | hectare (ha) - 24711 acres