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  • Lawn Dart Network Utilization on the Moon

    The Lawn Dart program provides critical security for lunar assets, protecting mission data against adversaries and laying the groundwork for NASA and European Space Agency exploration mission success.

  • Port in the Desert: Djibouti as International Lessor

    With increasing global competition, it is expected the US would consider its options with regard to foreign basing in Djibouti. But with its location and relative stability, Djibouti will remain strategically important for the United States in the years to come.

  • Persian Gulf War: A Type I Approach to Conflicts

    The Bush administration pursued an approach to Iraq in the lead up to the Persian Gulf War that included offering coercive alternatives  and identifying a favorable resolution as a matter of urgency. Future administrations could take the same path under similar circumstances.

  • Military Necessity: Policy-Capability Tensions

    Conducting cyberspace operations outside of armed conflict but consistent with LOAC principles limits USCYBERCOM to a best-tool approach to national security. Reframing conflict as strategic competition restores military necessity’s flexibility.

  • Letter from the Editor

    Introductory letter for the Fall 2022 issue of Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower.

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review highlights in Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower Volume 1 Issue 2. 

  • Not Cyberwar, but Cyberbalance

    Most cyberattacks are attempts to alter the balance of power. States can affect the balance of power by decreasing their competitors power or “handicapping.” The internet’s decreased costs and global scope have moved handicapping to a central role in international