I think currently no other country is even close to the level of autonomous weapon systems the US is developing. An arms race where you are miles ahead cannot be used as a reason why you have tonrun faster.
China is likely not far off - they’re pretty far ahead of the curve compared to the US military too.
All of these systems are going to be as classified as possible for any country developing them, so we’d only find out once on or more of the following become true;
- it’s several decades after they’re out of date
- a politician needs a major scary saber to rattle for some reason
- they get used in a shooting war where the public can see them.
Neither of which favor us knowing current capabilities of any of the major players right now, except MAYBE Russia.
lazide|3 years ago
All of these systems are going to be as classified as possible for any country developing them, so we’d only find out once on or more of the following become true;
- it’s several decades after they’re out of date
- a politician needs a major scary saber to rattle for some reason
- they get used in a shooting war where the public can see them.
Neither of which favor us knowing current capabilities of any of the major players right now, except MAYBE Russia.
andi999|3 years ago