Murray: Future warfare could move too fast for lawyers

By Ethan Sterenfeld / April 26, 2021 at 12:39 PM
The future battlefield might move too fast for Army commanders to check with lawyers about the legality and morality of some decisions, especially when soldiers are confronted with swarms of autonomous robots, the leader of Army Futures Command said April 22. "I fully believe that there will be nuanced cases where humans just can't keep up with the speed of engagement," Gen. John Murray said at an event on Futures Command hosted with the U.S. Military Academy's Lieber Institute. "How...

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