What is GISS?

3.3 Approaches to solving the problem of international arms control

Recently, the issue of international arms control has been increasingly raised in the world press.

Russian President V.V. Putin assures me as a taxpayer that our supersonic weapons are the best in the world. US President Donald Trump tells me as a TV viewer that American weapons fly 17 times faster and better. Presidents of other countries are not yet boasting, but they are developing their own types of modern weapons.

We are not against the “open skies”, D. Trump declares that he is against it. Nevertheless, space remains “open”. The creation of an international GISS, providing the possibility of almost continuous radar monitoring of near-earth space, will contribute to the successful solution of this problem.

As you know, for the period of testing new types of weapons, the area of their implementation is declared dangerous for navigation and flights. For the period of the announced tests and the closure of their areas, it is possible to provide the world community with a high-quality picture of which country has achieved which world success, at what speed at what altitudes and how far who and what flies (see slide in Fig. 3.9).

This area of knowledge also includes problems with the control of tests (control launches) of ballistic missiles (see slide in Figure 3.10).

Previously, the Soviet Union sent special ships to these areas, in general, at the risk of life. When creating a GISS, such control is possible without any risk. Once again, apologies to the USA, their launches are taken to show the capabilities of the system, there are simply no other pictures to illustrate. Such control by the United States can lead over test sites of the Russian Federation and China. China – to control the launches of ballistic missiles in India, India – launches of China and Pakistan, etc. As a result, the creation of an international GISS will make the world safer.