International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development

The anytime deployment of AI and robotics widens the speed of the war capability; using autonomous system in war becomes a new trend, a kind of independent intelligent weaponized system becomes a new type of power in modern combat. They reinforced these advances with an emphasis on interactivity: Investors in them promised the possibility of making logistics more efficient and human soldiers less vulnerable to loss; having machines arrive at the best decisions faster in combat during increasingly complex wars. But the idea of putting life-and-death decisions into machines raises a thicket of ethical, legal and national security issues. In this paper we are very critically reflecting on the ethical dimension of development and deployment of killer robots in the domain of military robotics, i.e., normative classes of ethical theories, principles within military ethics and international humanitarian law. It discusses the key ethical questions: loss of autonomy, responsibility shifting and accountability, legal conformity, algorithmic bias and the unpredictability of operations to name just a few. The report also looks at some of the more general strategic and security considerations around autonomous weapons, such as whether they might change the nature of war; drive another international arms race; or spread particular advanced military technologies. Finally, governance and policy options are discussed that will support ethical oversight, human in the loop control and provide a view on what is needed for international regulation. Placing independent weapons within the context of responsible innovation in military technology, this article underscores the pressing importance of strong and clear ethical and normative constraints to nurture conduct in war, now and into the future.

Bhavya Mishra, Gaurav Goel, Preeti Verma,"Ethical Implications of Autonomous Weapons in Military Robotics" International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development, V9(3): Page(06-19) May-June 2026. ISSN: 2581-7175. www.ijsred.com. Published by Scientific and Academic Research Publishing.