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http://www.pakistankakhudahafiz.com/news/indian-space-doctrine/
On 15 February 2017, Indian space agency created history; launched 104 satellites in one go. This historical moment in space history tells the beginning of a real space race in Asia and which eventually surpass the Cold War space race. However, this also germinates an important question; does India have a space doctrine or it is simply a show of technology without a doctrine.
The space doctrines of major space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and China recognize space for socioeconomic development and space as another medium of warfare besides land, sea and air. Their navigation, remote sensing and communication satellites are both for peaceful civilian and military purposes, and their space doctrines have guided them to explore space for dual-use. India is an emerging space power in South Asia with global aspiration. In achieving such status, space program has become a top political priority in India and it is following the course of the major space faring states, but without an officially declare space doctrine.
Space technology is dual-use technology, which applications can be used for peaceful as well as for military purposes. Ajey Lele, a senior research fellow of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) believes that India does not have an official space doctrine, which specifically highlights whether Indian space program is exclusively for civilian purposes or there are some other dimensions of its space program. Lele continues to suggest that the entire Indian space agenda is focused on socioeconomic development. However, he argued that “from military point of view space is getting used globally for the purposes of communication, remote sensing and navigation. This is globally accepted activity and is not violating any treaty regime. In regards to India using space in assistance of military is fine.”
Michael Krepon, the co-founder of the Stimson Center, suspects that India does not even have a military space doctrine. The civil side may not have one, either. Krepon pointed that Indian space endeavors are “just to pursue technologies, increase capabilities, and make them applicable to domestic and developmental needs.”
On 15 February 2017, Indian space agency created history; launched 104 satellites in one go. This historical moment in space history tells the beginning of a real space race in Asia and which eventually surpass the Cold War space race. However, this also germinates an important question; does India have a space doctrine or it is simply a show of technology without a doctrine.
The space doctrines of major space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and China recognize space for socioeconomic development and space as another medium of warfare besides land, sea and air. Their navigation, remote sensing and communication satellites are both for peaceful civilian and military purposes, and their space doctrines have guided them to explore space for dual-use. India is an emerging space power in South Asia with global aspiration. In achieving such status, space program has become a top political priority in India and it is following the course of the major space faring states, but without an officially declare space doctrine.
Space technology is dual-use technology, which applications can be used for peaceful as well as for military purposes. Ajey Lele, a senior research fellow of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) believes that India does not have an official space doctrine, which specifically highlights whether Indian space program is exclusively for civilian purposes or there are some other dimensions of its space program. Lele continues to suggest that the entire Indian space agenda is focused on socioeconomic development. However, he argued that “from military point of view space is getting used globally for the purposes of communication, remote sensing and navigation. This is globally accepted activity and is not violating any treaty regime. In regards to India using space in assistance of military is fine.”
Michael Krepon, the co-founder of the Stimson Center, suspects that India does not even have a military space doctrine. The civil side may not have one, either. Krepon pointed that Indian space endeavors are “just to pursue technologies, increase capabilities, and make them applicable to domestic and developmental needs.”
I stopped reading after it. 
