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Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality?
Ajey Lele
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Description for Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality?
Paperback. This book offers lucid, focused narratives of the space programmes of various Asian states. It examines various major drivers in connection with growth of space programmes in the region and develops futuristic scenarios. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6; TNKS; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
This book explores the character and contours of the Asian Space Powers. At present, Asian states like China, Japan and India are found investing in space technologies with analogous social and scientific and probably with divergent military intents. Other Asian states like Israel, South Korea and Malaysia are also making investments in the space arena. States like Iran and North Korea are faulted for using space launches as a demonstrative tool to achieve strategic objectives. This work examines this entire maze of activities to unearth where these states are making these investments to accomplish their state-specific goal or are they ... Read more
This book explores the character and contours of the Asian Space Powers. At present, Asian states like China, Japan and India are found investing in space technologies with analogous social and scientific and probably with divergent military intents. Other Asian states like Israel, South Korea and Malaysia are also making investments in the space arena. States like Iran and North Korea are faulted for using space launches as a demonstrative tool to achieve strategic objectives. This work examines this entire maze of activities to unearth where these states are making these investments to accomplish their state-specific goal or are they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer, India, Private Ltd India
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9788132217473
SKU
V9788132217473
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Ref
99-15
About Ajey Lele
Wing Commander Ajey Lele is working with Institute for Defence Studies Analyses, an India think-tank on security and strategic studies. He is a postgraduate in Physics and has obtained his doctorate in International Relations. He works on issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Strategic Technologies and Space Security. He has authored three books including Strategic Technologies for the ... Read more
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