Iran/US conflict

Catfish · 01-12-20, 11:22 AM

Some sources now suppose the Iranians indeed did not shoot 'personally' so to speak.
Instead the russian 9K330 Tor (Nato calls it "SA-15 Gauntlet") decided autonomously that the jet was a threat, and fired.
No human action involved apart from setting up this array.

"If the assumption is correct and an SA-15 Gauntlet was used, then we are dealing with the case of an autonomous weapon system that made its decision within seconds. As it says in Wikipedia: "Approaching targets can be automatically classified according to risk potential and combated without operator intervention."
Any stationed SA-15 system must have rated the departure as an approach. The official explanation of a "defect in the communication system" doesn't sound particularly reassuring. SA-15 systems are also used in Europe, in Greece and Turkey."

Speculation yet, of course.

01-12-20, 11:22 AM	#23
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,804 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Some sources now suppose the Iranians indeed did not shoot 'personally' so to speak. Instead the russian 9K330 Tor (Nato calls it "SA-15 Gauntlet") decided autonomously that the jet was a threat, and fired. No human action involved apart from setting up this array. "If the assumption is correct and an SA-15 Gauntlet was used, then we are dealing with the case of an autonomous weapon system that made its decision within seconds. As it says in Wikipedia: "Approaching targets can be automatically classified according to risk potential and combated without operator intervention." Any stationed SA-15 system must have rated the departure as an approach. The official explanation of a "defect in the communication system" doesn't sound particularly reassuring. SA-15 systems are also used in Europe, in Greece and Turkey." Speculation yet, of course. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.