Laws for LAWS: The Governance of Killer Robots

Barron Omega explores the proliferation of
lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)
and their evolving role in modern warfare,
narrowing in on the Russia-Ukraine conflict as
a case example. Through evaluating technolog-
ical developments and battlefield applications,
this article demonstrates how autonomous
drones create favorable cost-benefit ratios while
posing significant ethical challenges. This arti-
cle recommends that these systems should only
be used defensively against armored machine
targets.