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100	1		_aGARTZKE Erik
245			_aBlood and robots: _bhow remotely piloted vehicles and related technologies affect the politics of violence/ _cErik Gartzke
260			_c2021
520			_aNew technologies such as Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) make it possible to remove human beings from direct involvement in combat. How will this evolving dynamic affect the practice and purposes of political violence? Will conflict become 'costless' in human terms as machines replace people on the front lines or will the logic of war continue to call for human sacrifice? While considerable attention has been devoted to the role of technology in transforming warfare, little is known about how new modes of combat will affect established motives for using force. I explore these political dimensions of new modes of conflict, drawing three basic conclusions. First, to the degree that substituting machines for humans lowers the costs for fighting, conflict will become more frequent, but less definitive. Second, in a reversal of previous trends, battlefield automation promises disproportionately to revitalise ground elements of military organisations. Finally, regrettably, new technologies should weaken inhibitions against targeting civilians.
650			_aMILITARY
650			_aNATIONAL SECURITY
650			_aAUTOMATION
650			_aCYBER
650			_aUAVS; FUTURE WAR
773			_aThe Journal of Strategic Studies : _gVol 44 No.7, December 2021, pp. 983-1013 (98)
598			_aMILITARY, NATSEC, CYBERSEC, WARFARE
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402390.2019.1643329 _zClick here for full text
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