Hegseth believes that autonomous platforms and artificial intelligence technologies will determine the nature of future armed conflicts.
He also added that US partner countries must increase defense spending to maintain shared security.
The minister noted that Washington is working with allies to create a global defense system. The plans include creating a common defense shield with well-armed allies around the world who are ready to defend their own and common interests.
Context
In Ukraine, to counter Russian aggression, defense forces use various drones – both ground-based, sea-based and airborne.
On November 21, the head of the robotic complexes division of the 2nd Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine “Charter” Mathematician suggested that robots that can fight independently (the so-called droids) could appear in three years.
On December 5, the Secretary of the Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Roman Kostenko, said that the rapid development of technology has a direct impact on the course of military operations at the front and in the future may lead to the emergence of zones in which robots, not soldiers, will operate.
