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DEAD HAND SYSTEM // EFFECTIVELY IRREVERSIBLE

AUTONOMOUS DEFENSE NETWORKS

CLASSIFIED // OPERATIONAL  ·  EFFECTIVELY IRREVERSIBLE  ·  REVERSIBILITY 5%

Missile defense, early warning, and threat assessment systems with AI components operating at speeds that preclude human decision-making.

LINKED THREAT VECTORS

This system amplifies or is amplified by the following threat vectors on the tracker:

AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS ALIGNMENT FAILURE CYBER AUTONOMY
SOURCES [3]
  1. US DoD Directive 3000.09, "Autonomy in Weapon Systems," updated 2023 — defense.gov
  2. SIPRI, "Mapping the Development of Autonomy in Weapon Systems" (2017) — sipri.org
  3. Congressional Research Service, "Defense Primer: US Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems" (updated 2024) — crsreports.congress.gov