For one thing, there is no military enemy defending a clearly defined piece of territory as there is in conventional warfare. (religion-online.org)
Is your offensive strategy designed to start with the weapon, or to use the weapon as a backup / shield for conventional warfare? (politics.stackexchange.com)
Furthermore, such considerations highlight the fact that the deep moral issues raised by autonomous weapons are the very same ones raised by conventional warfare. (nytimes.com)