On March 14, 2023, a U.S. Air Force Predator uncrewed aircraft was destroyed after it was struck by a Russian fighter jet in international airspace over the Black Sea. The actions conducted by the Russian fighter, including dumping fuel and flying in front of it, would have constituted a violation of the U.
S.-Russia Incidents at Sea agreement — if the aircraft had been crewed. In a time of growing international tension, with interstate warfare ongoing in Europe and threatened over Taiwan, military forces worldwide are looking increasingly to autonomous and uncrewed systems to provide new capabilities, field forces more quicklyThe post Uncrewed but Confident: Forging New Rules of the Road to Avoid Accidental Escalation appeared first on War on the Rocks.