The future of war is one of machines and humans working together as a team to operate faster than their opponent, delivering precision firepower at long range, when and where needed, inside the opponent’s decision cycle.
We are approaching future war in what Manuel DeLanda calls “the age of intelligent machines”, in which fully autonomous systems can make choices and identify targets while operating within human constructed rules of engagement, to deliver rapid effect across multiple operational domains.
In this future, lethal autonomous weapons systems supported by a range of autonomous platforms will operate in the air, on and under the sea, and on land, both “on and off the loop”.
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