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U.S. Department of Defense Directive on Autonomous Weapons Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Type
Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

References

1 Human Rights Watch, Ban ‘Killer Robots’ Before It’s Too Late (Nov. 19, 2012), available at http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/19/ban-killer-robots-it-s-too-late.

2 Aaron Mehta, U.S. DoD’s Autonomous Weapons Directive Keeps Man in the Loop, Defense News, Nov. 27, 2012, at http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121127/DEFREG02/311270005/U-S-DoD-8217-s-Autonomous-Weapons-Directive-Keeps-Man-Loop.

3 U.S. Dep’t of Defense Directive No. 3000.09, Autonomy in Weapon Systems, at 1 (Nov. 21, 2012), at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300009p.pdf.

4 Id. at 2.

5 U.S. Dep’t of Defense Directive No. 3000.09, supra note 3.