Argues for a strategic theory on armed drones and AI's impact on deterrence and escalation, suggesting new frameworks.
This paper argues that the existing literature on armed drones has produced a robust tactical analysis but lacks a coherent strategic theory. Drawing on the nuclear precedent and the Ukraine war, it proposes a five-dimension framework and an inversion hypothesis for understanding how drone-AI convergence transforms deterrence, escalation, and coercion.
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