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• • Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • March 11, 2015
  The Human Element in Robotic Warfare

  The first rule of unmanned aircraft is, don’t call them unmanned aircraft. And whatever you do, don’t call them drones. The U.S. Air Force prefers the term “remotely pil...

  By Paul Scharre

• • Commentary
  • March 4, 2015
  Unleash the Swarm: The Future of Warfare

  Could swarms of low-cost expendable systems change how militaries fight? Last November, Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall asked the Defense Science Board to examine a r...

  By Paul Scharre

• • Commentary
  • February 26, 2015
  Robots at War and the Quality of Quantity

  The U.S. Department of Defense has launched the search for a “third offset strategy,” an approach to sustain U.S. military technological superiority against potential adversar...

  By Paul Scharre

• • Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • February 18, 2015
  Between a Roomba and a Terminator: What is Autonomy?

  Department of Defense leaders have stated that robotics and autonomous systems will be a key part of a new “offset strategy” to sustain American military d...

  By Paul Scharre