EU Defence Agency annual meeting: 177 European scientists alarmed about EU military turn and autonomous weapons

“Today 29 November, the European Defence Agency hosts its annual conference: From Unmanned to Autonomous Systems: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities.
The event is the annual get-together of the EU establishment and the representatives of the defence industry. We, a group of 177 European scientists, are alarmed about the military turn the EU is taking.
Both the massive amount of public funds that the EU is allocating for military research and the potential development of autonomous weapons should worry us all.”

read the full Letter here.  It was also published as an Opinion article in euobserver

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