Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) - Sandeep Bhattacharjee* I - Advanced Targeting Systems

Abadicio highlighted the use of AI by the Chinese military, demonstrating the disruptive and unpredictable character of the technology.8 AI is changing the rules of the game and China seems to be in a position to take full advantage of such technology, surpassing conventional combat tactics in today’s battlefield. [...] The definition covers the different aspects of AWS and leads to various approaches to addressing the ethical and legal issues raised by these weapons systems, according to a comparison of the official definitions of AWS currently provided by states and international organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). [...] In such a situation, the question of criminal responsibility for individuals and states for flagrant violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Humanitarian Rights Law (IHRL) in the implementation of LAWS has equal importance.22 In one of the discussions by Thompson Chengeta the argument over AWS has centred on the implications of AWS for IHL rather than other aspects of. [...] This analysis fairly weighs the common defences and objections to LAWS from the perspectives of history, concepts of honour, morality and ethics, military science and an understanding of warrior culture.34 According to Laura Dickinson, the spread of LAWS presents a number of difficulties for legal systems intended to assure public accountability for unlawful uses of force. [...] ImpLIcatIons oF the research and suggestIve modeL Based on the understanding from the literature review and data analysis using text mining, there seems to be an urgent need for the development and deployment of LAWS for India as it needs to secure and safeguard its borders from many neighbouring countries that have already conceptualised and are walking on the path of indigenous development of LA.