Issue Key point: space becomes the arena for defence and security technology

Summary

Among the key points of its technology megatrend, the Megatrends 2040 report identifies space as the new domain for developing defence and security technologies. The point sits alongside the observation that security will be a major variable at all levels of technology. In its discussion of shifting global power, the report adds that several Asian states, including China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, India and Singapore, have launched satellites for communication and weather data. China has also begun sending scientists into space, following the United States and Russia.