Posted on 04/26/2021 8:34:10 AM PDT by Retain Mike
Definitions. No single, universally accepted definition of LAWS is used in international discussions. However, Department of Defense Directive 3000.09, which establishes U.S. policy on autonomy in weapons systems, defines LAWS as “weapon system[s] that, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by a human operator.” This definition’s principal characteristic is the role of the human operator with regard to target selection and engagement decisions.
Other countries such as the United Kingdom, however, have grounded their definition of LAWS on different characteristics, in particular the technological sophistication of the weapon system, such that LAWS are considered to be weapon systems capable of human-level cognition. Still others do not believe that a definition of LAWS is required—or desirable—for international discussions. Despite these differences, most parties to the LAWS discussions generally agree that the defining features of LAWS include full autonomy (no manual human control of the system) and the potential to produce lethal effects.
Status. Although the pursuit of LAWS is not yet widespread, some analysts have argued that Israel’s Harpy loitering munition—which the weapon’s manufacturer, IAI, describes as being fully autonomous—qualifies. Israel has exported the Harpy to Chile, China, India, South Korea, and Turkey. Similarly, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has noted that Chinese manufacturer Ziyan has advertised a fully autonomous system, the Blowfish A3 helicopter drone, which it has reportedly exported to the Middle East. In addition, according to a report by the Defense Innovation Board, the United States developed LAWS during the 1980s but no longer has LAWS in its inventory.
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Be sure to see Lethal Autonomous Weapon System 14, the new Mel Gibson movie!
Man, I am drooling waiting to pick one up at the next gun show.
Pretty darned creepy acronym for this capability.
She will only become a cold blooded killer if they implant Nazi Pelosi’s or Maxmouth Waters’ brain cells into her.
STNG Season 1, Episode 21,
The Arsenal of Freedom.
Relax...it is programed to only fire at “Whites”.
You loved Judge Dredd
You adored RoboCop
Now, Bizarre World Productions presents
LAWS: The War on Humanity
with Tom Hankies, Bobby DeNeuron, BeYonce and JLo in cameo performances getting their rear ends handed to them.
Sit and tremble as the Kardashians find a new gig and save the world from crass commercialism and arms manufacturers worldwide and make a few bucks doing it.
(Hey, It’s a scifi flick, OK?)
Back in the early 1980’s when my unit was doing the acceptance testing of the PATRIOT missile system, the fire control console had an “Oh $hit” button that the operator could hit if he/she found themselves overwhelmed in assigning targets manually.
Once the button was pressed, the fire control computer would take over from the human operator, assess up to 100 targets at a time, categorize their threat and begin engaging them in order of threat until none of the battalion’s firing batteries had any missiles left.
It was pretty cool.
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