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I mean, if the first nation to orbit a teapot around the sun would instantly become a nearly-unstoppable military hegemon, it would be pretty reasonable to assu

I mean, if the first nation to orbit a teapot around the sun would instantly become a nearly-unstoppable military hegemon, it would be pretty reasonable to assume that there were a secret teapot-orbiting project going on in multiple countries.

sudosysgen 6y ago
There is no such advantage to building autonomous weapons, not at this stage. Where China is so far, their limitation isn't finding the staff to control weapons, and they don't face a situation where expandability is the main issue - their issue is mainly finishing catching up militarily. So the issue is really your premises about it making you "nearly unstoppable", it leads to no such thing. The advantage is much slimmer than you might think, especially right now. As it is, unmanned but non-autonomous weapons provide 99% of the functionality. Additionally, neither the US, Israel, the UK, or Russia are making their autonomous weapons programs secret.