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Podcast: ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog
Episode: Reducing the civilian cost of military counterspace operations
Description: Enabled by advanced technologies, the past few decades have seen a revolution in the utility and criticality of space systems for military operations as well as for essential civilian services and humanitarian relief operations. The military dependence on space systems has spurred the re-emergent competition of developing counterspace capabilities in major spacefaring nations. In parallel, military and commercial space systems have converged such that military operations make routine use of commercial systems and essential civilian services are now reliant on dual-use space systems. As the spectre of potential future armed conflict extending to outer space looms, essential civilian services including...