NATO wants ‘automated’ defences along borders with Russia: German general
NATO is taking steps to strengthen its defences along Europe’s frontiers with Russia by establishing an AI-supported “automated zone” that would not depend on troops on the ground, according to a German general.
This zone would serve as a defensive buffer before hostile forces could move into “a sort of hot zone” where conventional fighting might occur, General Thomas Lowin, NATO’s deputy chief of staff for operations, told the German news outlet Welt am Sonntag.
The automated area would have sensors to detect enemy forces and activate defences such as drones, semi-autonomous combat vehicles, land-based robots, as well as automatic air defences and anti-missile systems, Lowin said.
He added, however, that any decision to use lethal weapons would “always be under human responsibility”. The AI-guided system would reinforce existing NATO weapons and deployed forces, the general said.
