but without sacrificing any of your people, or even needing people to be involved. If US drones were autonomous, then somebody could press the "destroy islamaba

but without sacrificing any of your people, or even needing people to be involved. If US drones were autonomous, then somebody could press the "destroy islamabad" button and they'd all take off, fire all their missiles, and crash into buildings on their own, with no humans involved. That's the kind of capability we want to avoid. Robots are cheap, people are not.