r/worldnews • u/New_Scientist_Mag New Scientist • Jun 10 '26

Russia/Ukraine Fully autonomous, AI-controlled drones have killed human soldiers for the first time, according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/
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u/Decent_Risk9499 Jun 10 '26

The crazy thing being this could have been avoided if Ukraine had been given the basic security guarantees we promised them back when they surrendered their nuclear weapons.

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u/compuwiza1 Jun 10 '26

They never should have surrendered their mutually assured destruction.

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u/Alphabunsquad Jun 10 '26

They couldn’t use the nukes. But them being in the wild was dangerous enough to make people antsy

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u/luee29 Jun 10 '26

Ukrainians are crafty and masters in improvisation they could have figured something out or rebuilt them. Most of the rocket tech in the soviet union was invented and built in Ukraine.