One of the hottest topics of emerging technologies of war is autonomous weapons systems
(AWS). Within the field, legal and ethical questions are as prominent as technical ones, and …

The development of unmanned systems that are remotely controlled and those with
increased autonomy in making the decision to target or kill humans has been a worry to the …

The debate over Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) has begun in earnest with advocates
for the absolute and immediate banning of AWS development, production, and use planting …

The introduction of autonomous weapon systems into the" battlespace" will profoundly
influence the nature of future warfare. This reality has begun to draw the attention of the …

The prospect of autonomous weapons as a regularized feature of future wars poses
existential implications for the entire field of law regulating the use of force. Such …

This paper addresses the challenge of accountability that arises in relation to autonomous
weapon systems (AWS), a challenge which focuses on the hypothesis that AWS will make it …

Much of the debate on autonomous weapons presumes a choice between human versus
autonomous decision-making over targeting and engagement decisions. In fact, in many …

Inevitably, the use of Hellfire missiles will occasionally result in civilian casualties.'Since the
Hellfire missile's original production in the 1970s, both manned and unmanned aerial …

In September 2016, hoping to quiet fears about" killer robots," then-Defense Secretary
Ashton Carter promised that whatever weapons systems the United States might develop in …

On 6-7 February, the US Military Academy's Center for the Rule of Law and the International
Law Division of the Naval War College1 co-sponsored a workshop on the legal implications …