Autonomous and semiautonomous weapons systems / Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovelace, Douglas C., Jr., 1948- author.

Series:

Terrorism (Oxford University Press) ; Volume 144.

Terrorism : Commentary on Security Documents, 1062-4007 ; Volume 144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weapons systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests. Volume 144, Autonomous and Semiautonomous Weapons Systems, examines the impact of robots and autonomous and semiautonomous weapons systems on the waging of modern warfare. It considers the likely effects of emerging technological innovations in this area from both a political and strategic standpoint, in addition to considering the implications of such technologies within the context of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

Contents:

Cover

TERRORISM

Copyright

Table of Contents

Introduction

A. U.S. POLICY AND APPROACH TO THE USE OF AUTONOMOUSAND SEMIAUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

DOCUMENT NO. 1: Task Force Report: The Role of Autonomy inDoD Systems, Defense Science Board, Offi ce of the Under Secretaryof Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, July 2012

DOCUMENT NO. 2: Department of Defense Directive 3000.9, Autonomyin Weapon Systems, Ashton B. Carter, Department of Defense, November21, 2012

DOCUMENT NO. 3: Strategic Insights: The Landpower Robot RevolutionIs Coming, Steven Metz, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. War CollegePress, December 10, 2014

DOCUMENT NO. 4: Policy Challenges of Accelerating TechnologicalChange: Security Policy and Strategy Implications of Parallel Scientifi cRevolutions, James Kadtke and Linton Wells II, Center for Technologyand National Security Policy (CTNSP), National Defense University(NDU), September, 2014

B. U.S. ARMED FORCES USE OF AUTONOMOUS ANDSEMIAUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS

DOCUMENT NO. 5: The U.S. Army Operating Concept: Win in aComplex World, 2020-2040, TRADOC Pamphlet 525-3-1, Headquarters,U.S. Army, Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Eustis, VA,October 31, 2014

DOCUMENT NO. 6: Nightfall: Machine Autonomy in Air-to-AirCombat, Michael W. Byrnes, Air Force Research Institute, Maxwell AirForce Base, AL, June 2014, printed in AIR &amp

SPACE POWER JOURNAL,May-June 2014, pp. 48-75

DOCUMENT NO. 7: Nightfall and the Cloud: Examining the Future ofUnmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles and Remotely Piloted Aircraft, MichaelP. Kreuzer, AIR AND SPACE POWER JOURNAL, September-October2015, pp. 57-73.

DOCUMENT NO. 8: UNMANNED CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFTSYSTEM: Navy Needs to Demonstrate Match between Its Requirementsand Available Resources, Government Accountability Offi ce Report toCongressional Committees, Washington, D.C., May 2015

C. POTENTIAL TERRORIST USE OF AUTONOMOUS ANDSEMIAUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS

DOCUMENT NO. 9: Terrorist and Insurgent Unmanned Aerial Vehicles:Use, Potentials, and Military Implications, Robert J. Bunker, StrategicStudies Institute, Army War College Press, August 2015.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-065022-2