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Autonomous Kargu-2 Drone Allegedly Remotely Used to Hunt down Libyan Soldiers
In Libya, a Turkish-made Kargu-2 aerial drone powered by a computer vision model was allegedly used remotely by forces backed by the Tripoli-based government to track down and attack enemies as they were running from rocket attacks.
- Date it happened
- 2020-03-27
- Organisation involved
- Tripoli-based government
- Product, system or model
- The Kargu is a lethal, autonomous, "loitering" drone that can use machine learning-based object classification to select and engage targets.
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