Stickings

""When we think about space in terms of military applications, it is also about dominating the flow of information and ensuring that it gets to them while looking at ways to disrupt that information flow to their adversaries.""

‘Dark side’ of moon seen from surface for first time

3 January 2019

Tags: Aerospace, China, Military Sciences, Technology

"[13:15] “What we are seeing now is a much more democratised space environment, more and more actors being able to be involved and yes there are certain states that have more capabilities and are trying to be space powers, but it’s a much different environment [compared to the Cold War]”"

World at One 03/01/2019

3 January 2019

Tags: Aerospace, China, Military Sciences, Pacific

"We do have capability in this country, there is absolutely no doubt. UK business has been involved in a lot of the most important parts of the Galileo system, this includes the payload, the atomic clocks that give us these precise signals and a lot of the encryption. The difficulty in saying we can build our own is taking on all of the responsibility and all of the costs ourselves. The current estimate is 3-5 billion. But if you look at the history of GPS and Galileo both far gone past initial estimates in cost and time [18:33 - 23:00]."

Today Programme 01/12/18

1 December 2018

Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, UK, Technology, Europe

"Speaking to Sky News about the security implications of the launch, Alexandra Stickings, space policy and security research analyst for think tank RUSI, said: "Global navigation satellite systems have become incredibly important for the military. "What these systems do is provide very accurate navigation and timing systems. These are used for everything from maritime navigation to precision weaponry. It's what make smart bombs smart, essentially. "The more that China is able to access these signals and the more accurate these signals become the more they can integrate that into their military, and then they could potentially start to rival the US in terms of precision military operations.""

China launches two new navigation satellites

19 November 2018

Tags: Aerospace

""There is certainly an aspect of this that is about expanding influence, but part of it is likely also about economic security," Alexandra Stickings, from the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, tells the BBC."

How China's GPS 'rival' Beidou is plotting to go global

20 September 2018

Tags: China, Military Sciences

""[Such weapons may include] lasers or microwave frequencies that could just stop [a satellite] working for a time, either disable it permanently without destroying it or disrupt it via jamming,""

Mystery Russian satellite's behaviour raises alarm in US

15 August 2018

Tags: Aerospace

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The Implications of Chinese Developments in Non-Kinetic Space Technology

13 April 2018

Alexandra Stickings and Veerle Nouwens

In pursuit of establishing itself as a global space power, China has been busy developing and operationalising non-kinetic space technology...

Tags: China, Newsbrief, Technology

SpaceX Falcon Heavy: That’s No Moon … It’s A Tesla!

12 February 2018

Alexandra Stickings

Tags: Aerospace, National Security Studies, RUSI Defence Systems, Technology

There and Back Again: A Rocket’s Tale

19 October 2017

Alexandra Stickings

The regularity with which SpaceX is landing and re-using first-stage rocket launchers has significant implications both for increasing...

Tags: Aerospace, RUSI Defence Systems, Technology

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The Future of Crime Reporting: Can Anonymity be Delivered in the Digital Age?

3 April 2017

Jennifer Cole and Alexandra Stickings

The practices used by Crimestoppers UK highlight how the identity of individuals might be protected.

Tags: Cyber, Policing and Security, RUSI Journal, UK, Technology, Europe

Lofty Ambitions: China’s Expansive Space Launch Capabilities

23 March 2017

Alexandra Stickings and Elizabeth Quintana

A secretive small satellite launch in February is evidence of China’s continuing technological advancements in the space realm. But this...

Tags: Aerospace, China, RUSI Defence Systems

Surveillance in Space: The Future of Spy and Stealth Satellites

15 December 2016

Alexandra Stickings

While not a new phenomenon, the use of spy and stealth technology in space continues to have an impact on how security is viewed in this...

Tags: Aerospace, National Security Studies, RUSI Defence Systems, Technology

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"[13:15] “What we are seeing now is a much more democratised space environment, more and more actors being able to be involved and yes there are certain states that have more capabilities and are trying to be space powers, but it’s a much different environment [compared to the Cold War]”"

World at One 03/01/2019

3 January 2019 Tags: Aerospace, China, Military Sciences, Pacific

""When we think about space in terms of military applications, it is also about dominating the flow of information and ensuring that it gets to them while looking at ways to disrupt that information flow to their adversaries.""

‘Dark side’ of moon seen from surface for first time

3 January 2019 Tags: Aerospace, China, Military Sciences, Technology

"We do have capability in this country, there is absolutely no doubt. UK business has been involved in a lot of the most important parts of the Galileo system, this includes the payload, the atomic clocks that give us these precise signals and a lot of the encryption. The difficulty in saying we can build our own is taking on all of the responsibility and all of the costs ourselves. The current estimate is 3-5 billion. But if you look at the history of GPS and Galileo both far gone past initial estimates in cost and time [18:33 - 23:00]."

Today Programme 01/12/18

1 December 2018 Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, UK, Technology, Europe

"Speaking to Sky News about the security implications of the launch, Alexandra Stickings, space policy and security research analyst for think tank RUSI, said: "Global navigation satellite systems have become incredibly important for the military. "What these systems do is provide very accurate navigation and timing systems. These are used for everything from maritime navigation to precision weaponry. It's what make smart bombs smart, essentially. "The more that China is able to access these signals and the more accurate these signals become the more they can integrate that into their military, and then they could potentially start to rival the US in terms of precision military operations.""

China launches two new navigation satellites

19 November 2018 Tags: Aerospace

""There is certainly an aspect of this that is about expanding influence, but part of it is likely also about economic security," Alexandra Stickings, from the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, tells the BBC."

How China's GPS 'rival' Beidou is plotting to go global

20 September 2018 Tags: China, Military Sciences

""[Such weapons may include] lasers or microwave frequencies that could just stop [a satellite] working for a time, either disable it permanently without destroying it or disrupt it via jamming,""

Mystery Russian satellite's behaviour raises alarm in US

15 August 2018 Tags: Aerospace

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Alexandra
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