More than 70% of casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war have been due to unmanned aircraft, at the borders and within the country – mainly Shahed-136 type UAVs, which strike targets with high precision; sometimes civilian targets as well.
From the densely packed urban combat zones of Gaza to the battlefields of Ukraine, aircraft navigate autonomously and can even track targets and strike with speed and accuracy that humans cannot achieve.
Yet a question remains constantly in the background, one that may shape the future of warfare no less than the technology itself: Who bears responsibility when an autonomous lethal weapon makes the wrong decision?
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