[omginternets]

I would add that it's also very difficult to study and develop countermeasures without cultivating cutting-edge knowledge of how such weapons are designed, built and operated. Doing that means you eventually need field data. The slope is extremely slippery, but it's also dangerous not to traverse it.

[falcolas]

Agreed. We've already trod this ground with chemical weapons, so at least we have a template when we follow it once more with autonomous weapons.