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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by MagnumOpus on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:55AM (#23426756)
That's a broadening of the term WMD in the US civilian and criminal legislation, basically defining any "destructive device" as WMD so that anyone setting off hand grenades or pipe bombs can be charged under their extremely severe terror legislation.

The US military, like every other organisation outside the US, doesn't include conventional explosives under WMD.

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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by aerostable_slug on Friday June 05, 2020 @09:49PM (#23436084)
That's incorrect. CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) is literally in units' names.[0]

0:https://www.army.mil/20thcbrne

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