While two warring surrogates battle on NATO’s doorstep, American forces have the unexpected, if tragic, opportunity to see where they stand in the race to build Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). According to a 2018 report from Lawfare, a nonprofit defense news site, China proposed the banning of fully autonomous weapons that same year. [Drones and autonomous weapons] are also much more affordable than our current exquisite fighters, ships, and armor. The plan includes a constantly maintained network of airborne lethal autonomous weapons extending more than 1,800 miles from Norway to Poland. With the storm of AI-assisted weapons systems and efforts to defend against them, Allenby makes the stakes very clear.