The escalating technological advancements within the space sector creates new national security threats as both military and commercial actors now inhibit the space domain. By developing a separate branch within a nation's military, these kinds of new threats can be handled. However, not all countries develop a space branch. This study describes two separate cases, Sweden who has the possibility yet does not have a space force and France who has both the possibility and a military branch focused on the space domain. The findings show that Sweden's political leaders approach militarisation of space differently than France who has a historically strong political vision of space power. In order to achieve space power, this study indicates that a nation needs both vision as well as possibilities. As a result of these findings, and for future studies within the same area, a proto theoretical framework has been designed to categorize a nation based on its visions and possibilities for space power.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:fhs-10134 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Eklund, Hampus |
| Publisher | Försvarshögskolan |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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