This book examines the measures that India must adopt to assure its own deterrence in space, while respecting international efforts to mitigate shared vulnerabilities through instruments such as the International Code of Conduct, a confidence and transparency building measure to address the challenges posed by proliferating space debris and traffic.

Taking a close look at the limitations in the existing legal framework in out space, it discusses at length the soft law in space governance, the experience with the HCOC, the US type deterrence in outer space, China’s space strategy and India’s use of outer space. Finally it makes a comprehensive study of the current proposal for the Space Code of Conduct.