Leader armed with killer robots, mass surveillance could imperil democracy
Killer drone on display outside Russia's National Defense Management Center in Moscow. (Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters)
EIJI FURUKAWA
October 24, 2026 17:31 JST
KYIV -- Fourteen years ago, science fiction writer Daniel Suarez described swarms of autonomous killer drones attacking humans in his novel Kill Decision. On the battlefields of Ukraine, drone technology has taken a leap forward, bringing his dark imaginings of such warfare closer to reality.