The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons "slaughterbots."

The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative::The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons “slaughterbots.”

  • 𝙣𝙪𝙠𝙚English
    34•1 year ago

    The F35 costs about 80 million and they sell like hotcakes. Yes, 6 million is cheap.

    • @Ryumast3r@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      F35A is now down to about $70 million/piece now, which further demonstrates the point of costs coming down with mass production I think.

      It originally was more like $150 million.