Title Blinded : the decline of U.S. earth monitoring capabilities and its consequences for national security / by Christine Parthemore and Will Rogers

Published Washington, DC : Center for a New American Security, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (11 pages) Series Policy brief (Center for a New American Security) Policy brief (Center for a New American Security) Summary Networks of satellites, ground-based sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles, the assets America uses to monitor and understand environmental change and its consequences, are going dark. By 2016, only seven of NASA's current 13 earth monitoring satellites are expected to be operational, leaving a crucial information gap that will hinder national security planning. Meanwhile, efforts to prevent this capability gap have been plagued by budget cuts, launch failures, technical deficiencies, chronic delays and poor interagency coordination. Without the information that these assets provide, core U.S. foreign policy and national security interests will be at risk. The United States should act now to address the growing decline of its earth monitoring capabilities. With key satellites aging and new systems failing to launch, the nation's technical capacity to plan effectively for global environmental change is waning rapidly. The effects of climate change, from emerging geopolitical tensions in the Arctic to record-breaking natural disasters in Asia, are already affecting military requirements and other security concerns. U.S. policymakers will continue to make daily decisions based on climate change and environmental information. Accurate and accessible information is required to ensure that those decisions are both effective and efficiently made Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 10) Notes Title from p.1 screen (viewed on May 2, 2012) July 2011 Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe Reader Subject Astronautics and state -- United States Artificial satellites in earth sciences -- United States Earth sciences -- United States -- Remote sensing Environmental monitoring -- United States National security -- United States -- Planning Artificial satellites in earth sciences. Astronautics and state. Earth sciences -- Remote sensing. Environmental monitoring. National security -- Planning. United States. Form Electronic book Author Rogers, W. (Will) Center for a New American Security.

Other Titles Decline of U.S. earth monitoring capabilities and its consequences for national security

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