Autonomous Weapons Systems Raise Moral Questions

Autonomous Weapons Systems Raise Moral Questions

A Kargu-2 was used in Libya during a March 2020 skirmish, according to a June 2021 NPR report that cited a United Nations Security Council briefing. Turkish company STM makes the Kargu-2, a lethal autonomous weapons system (LAWS). The company describes the weapon as...

Vatican Hails End of Gadhafi Regime

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican called the death of Libya’s longtime leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi the end of a “harsh and oppressive regime,” and pledged to work with the country’s new government. Gadhafi, 69, was shot by rebels on Thursday (Oct. 20) near his native...

Will Christians Ask Hard Questions about Use of Force?

The 30th anniversary of the GreenhamCommonWomen’sPeaceCamp in Berkshire, England, which irritated the military and political establishment from 1981 until 2000 – though the last missiles left in 1992 – was appropriately observed with newspaper articles and TV...