Preferred term

LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS

Broader concept

Used for

  • AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS
  • AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS
  • AWS
  • LAWS
  • LETHAL AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS
  • LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS

Scope note

  • Unmanned weapons with on-board computers that, once activated, can select and engage targets with no further human intervention.

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/c_414d9335

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