Gray’s influence on space power theory and strategy

Abstract

Abstract Dr. Colin S. Gray was a brilliant scholar, strategist, and government advisor who provided a solid intellectual foundation for the development of space power theory. He appreciated that the use of space poses novel and difficult challenges for defense policy-makers and military strategists. Gray’s work is critically important today in light of intensifying global competition from powers challenging the international order and posing threats to the freedom of passage through and operations in space. His insights into the application of space power as an instrument of statecraft and warfare are invaluable for those confronting the challenge of understanding a new warfighting domain and preparing to deter or prevail in a war that involves space.