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Autonomy in the Battlespace
Wagner analyzes independently operating weapon systems and the challenges that autonomous weapon systems pose with respect to compliance with the law of armed conflict. He concludes that current technology is incapable being operated within the existing framework of the law of armed conflict.
The article analyzes the use of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) and the challenges that such systems pose with respect to compliance with the law of armed conflict. Importantly, AWS pose different questions than those surrounding the current use of unmanned aerial systems.
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Over the last years, the military landscape has undergone considerable changes. Not only are we witnessing changes with regard to the adversaries that fight one another – consider the rise of what has been labeled ‘asymmetric warfare’
