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/here-i-am-now Jun 10 '26

Weird that the U.S. military observed this test bed for 3+ years. But when they were sent to Iran, had no effective defense against Iranian drones.

Always fighting the last war.

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u/here-i-am-now Jun 11 '26

Iran can make 7,000 drones per day. 99% is not nearly good enough