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Belgian police officers apprehend a protester outside the European Defence Agency's annual conference. (Photo: Vredesactie)

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Rise of killer robots seems inevitable at EU conference

Belgian police officers apprehend a protester outside the European Defence Agency's annual conference. (Photo: Vredesactie)

Either Europe's military-industrial complex is incredibly shy - or it thinks that the debate about whether Europe should use lethal autonomous weapons is already over before it began.

The European Defence Agency held its annual conference in Brussels on Thursday (29 November), titled 'From unmanned to autonomous systems: trends, challenges and opportunities'.

At the last panel, one of the speakers said that it was inevitable that Europe would develop such military systems, because...

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