Drones

There is rising concern about ´killer robots´. In August 2017, the heads of one hundred leading companies in this field signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to outlaw ´lethal autonomous weapons´, just as international conventions constrain the use of chemical and biological weapons. The signatories wrn about an electronic battlefield ´at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend´. Martin Rees, On The Future

Trump Cancels U.S. Report on Civilian Deaths in Drone Strikes (3/6/2019)

How Many Civilian Casualties of U.S. Drone Strikes? (12/17/2016)

US and UK are Blocking a "killer Robot" Ban (12/16/2015)

Stopping Killer Robots

Nearly 90 Percent Of People Killed In Recent Drone Strikes Were Not The Target  (10/15/2015)

Links

Future of Life Institute

Drone Papers

Stop Killer Robots

Human Rights Watch on Killer Robots

Bibliography

The Assassination Complex: Jeremy Scahill and the Staff of the Intercept