INTEGRATING THE UNSEEN

It is easy to assume that a clever adversary will take out our eyes and ears in space before initiating terrestrial conflicts. There are key choke points in space this adversary must position his anti-satellite (ASAT) forces at, before initiating these surprise attacks. Good space domain awareness may detect this pre-positioning of ASAT assets and possibly prevent the terrestrial war from even starting, by frustrating his pre-conflict space battlefield preparations and confronting him in public diplomatic forums.