Joint Chiefs chairman says US forces must prepare to be hunted by autonomous systems
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that U.S. troops will soon be “hunted” by AI‑enabled autonomous systems. In his keynote at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference he pointed to Ukraine, where first‑person view drones use AI‑driven computer vision to strike targets without GPS or communications. He said that in some front‑line locations a new Russian recruit may survive…
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- Gen. Dan Caine warned U.S. troops could be "hunted" by AI‑enabled autonomous systems, citing Ukraine drone attacks.
- He said new Russian recruits may survive only 20‑30 minutes on the front line due to low‑cost precision weapons.
- An autonomous Corsair vessel built by Saronic helped Task Force 59 rescue downed Apache pilots near Oman using AI.
He cited recent AI‑driven operations, including the rescue of downed Army Apache pilots near Oman. An autonomous Corsair surface vessel built by Saronic, deployed by Task Force 59 under U.S. Central Command, used AI to turn massive data streams into a clear maritime picture, enabling the rapid recovery of the two service members. The speech underscored AI’s growing role in sensing, deciding and acting on modern battlefields.
Joint Chiefs chairman says U.S. forces must prepare to be ‘hunted’ by autonomous systems
defensescoop.com · 16 September 2026
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