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Self-driving Ford F-250 truck with shotgun-equipped drone-killing
Self-driving Ford F-250 truck with shotgun-equipped drone-killing turret tested by US Army — autonomous system designed to blast fast-moving drones at between 10 and 100 meters range
TL;DRArmy tested self-driving truck with auto-targeting gun against drones.
Why it matters: Autonomous weapons systems raise urgent questions about AI decision-making in combat and escalation risks.
The US Army tested an autonomous breaching vehicle with an onboard counter-UAS turret during a live-fire exercise at Fort Bragg on August 18.
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