Bhupendra Jasani / Gotthard Stein

Commercial Satellite Imagery

A tactic in nuclear weapon deterrence
Herausgegeben:Jasani, Bhupendra; Stein, Gotthard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This will be the first book that deals with the use of commercial satellite imagery to monitor non-proliferation of nuclear weapons non-intrusively from space by an international organisation. The book deals with both the technical as well as policy issues related to the nuclear weapons non-proliferation issues. The authors discuss how an international organisation such as the International Atomic Energy Agency can use information derived from satellites to enhance its policing task.

Produktdetails

• Springer Praxis Books
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-42643-1
• 2002
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 737g
• ISBN-13: 9783540426431
• ISBN-10: 3540426434
• Artikelnr.: 10516404

Autorenporträt

Bhupendra Jasani, King's College London, UK / Gotthard Stein, Research Centre Jülich, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
- The new safeguards protocol - The need for new verification technologies
- The use of commercial satellite imagery in strengthening IAEA safeguards
- The role of satellite imagery for international treaty verification
- Image processing
- Commercial remote sensing satellite programmes
- Applications of commercial satellite imagery - Some case studies
- Satellite imagery and GIS
- Application of satellite imagery - A country case: Canada
- Cost benefit analysis
- Legal aspects of the use of satellite imagery by the IAEA

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"It concentrates on the role of commercial satellite imagery in monitoring nuclear weapons nonproliferation, particularly in the context of the IAEA safeguards system used to verify the NPT. ... This is a timely and important work. It offers very thorough coverage of the subject, successfully links technological and policy issues and provides a wealth of relevant data and many useful recommendations." (John Russell, Trust & Verify, Issue 108, May-June, 2003)