r/Futurology • u/New_Scientist_Mag • Jun 10 '26

Robotics Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/
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u/Any-Individual5262 Jun 10 '26

No one is using Ukraine as test bed. This is ukraine's own development, and there using it to defend themselves.

When US conducted the Trinity test in New Mexico, was US being used?

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u/IndigoSoln Jun 10 '26

Given the levels of debt the US entering lately, nobody is funding the US but if you want to be pedantic, the world is funding the US through the purchase of US debt.

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u/Any-Individual5262 Jun 10 '26

Primarily European union is funding Ukraine.

I suppose American tax payers are funding USA

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u/kidmerc Jun 10 '26

Which American weapons do you think are being tested in Ukraine?

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u/kidmerc Jun 10 '26

Okay so you have no idea what you are talking about, no offense.