No. 164: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: Future Challenges

Author(s): Matthias Bieri, Marcel Dickow
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 164
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014

The challenge that armed drones pose for international law and arms control has only prevailed for a few years. However, experts are already dealing with questions that will arise in the course of technical advances - such as how to handle weapons systems that will one day be able to carry out attacks without human intervention?

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Proliferation of Armed Drones