Spacepower’s Greatest Value in a Coercive Strategy

AIR710A: DQ 2: Air/Space/Cyber Power and National Strategy
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Over the years, there have been instances where different countries have engaged in measures that can cause a threat to the other country. The countries likely to be affected notify the other country of the potential harm. There are some instances where the country can use either deterrence or compellance space power coercion measures to force the other party to adhere to their demands. Since every measure has its benefits and weakness, there has been a discussion about which measure has the greatest value in recent times.
Understanding what the terms mean is crucial to make an informed decision. In most instances, compellance aims to change the behavior of the adversaries forcibly (Lemay 2016, 55). When using compellance, the military can use denial, paralysis, risk, and punishment. In denial, the military could neutralize some of the parts of the adversaries mean, denying them the power to execute the intended purpose. Paralysis, on the other hand, includes parallel attacks and the adversary’s entire system, while the risk involves placing the thing that the adversary value at a point of loss. On the other hand, punishment involves damaging the adversary until they act expectedly.
On the other hand, deterrence aims to change the adversaries’ behavior by causing threats rather than using force. In most instances, when the party uses deterrence, it convinces the adversaries that if the adversary continues to employ the original plan, their cost of action will be more than the credible threat that the unacceptable counteraction will expose. For de...