A proposal of an optimal Turkish military space model by cross-country comparison of the American, Russian, and Chinese military space models

Space has been a vital domain for the national security of states since the beginning of the first space activities. The militarization process of space, which started during the Cold War, continues increasingly and in the international system, which is a self-help system, states operate space-based assets to ensure their national security. As a result of the increase in competition in the global system, the inadequacy of international space law in regulating the behavior of states, and the increase in military space activities with increasing actors, states increase their military space capabilities and take deterrent measures in order to maintain their survival. However, the increasing number of space powers have begun to form space forces within their armed forces. In this study, the reasons behind the states' establishment of space forces will be analyzed within the framework of defensive structural realism, and the optimum military space model proposal for Türkiye will be presented by comparing the US, Russian and Chinese military space models.