Both the Chinese and Americans have conducted large-scale experimentation with ground-based autonomous systems (lethal and non-lethal) and are rolling them out; within a few years, given battlefield imperative and continued development, autonomous ground vehicles capable of lethal force could be fielded in a Taiwan war scenario by 2028.
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General Mick RyanEvidence Quote
“both the Chinese and the Americans have done large scale experimentation and are rolling out groundbased autonomous systems lethal and non-lethal and you know I think in this kind of fight you would see fairly significant human casualties there would be a huge imperative to wherever possible put robotss there instead of humans”
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Mick Ryan: This Is What The Next Great Power Conflict Will Look Like— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:55:20 AM
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