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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Autonomous Weapons: Procurement (13 April 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department's policy on the procurement of Autonomous Weapons Systems.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

Answer

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not possess any fully autonomous weapon systems and has no plans to develop, procure or operate them. MOD policy is clear that all weapon systems will be under human control.


Answered by:
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
21 April 2016

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