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AI-controlled .50-cal gun turrets are becoming a reality of war
Yahoo • • world
Key Points:
- Ukraine has deployed over a dozen AI-controlled machine gun turrets as a key part of its air defense, successfully destroying dozens of enemy drones, particularly around Kyiv.
- These turrets use artificial intelligence to detect, track, and calculate the trajectory of fast-moving targets like Russian jet-powered drones, improving accuracy over human operators.
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy emphasized accelerating production and deployment of these systems, with plans to add more turrets in the Kyiv region amid ongoing drone threats.
- The Sky Sentinel, a notable AI turret costing around $150,000, can rotate 360 degrees and distinguish between birds and drones, though it still requires human authorization to fire.
- These AI turrets complement Ukraine’s broader tech-driven defense strategy against increasingly frequent and fast Russian cruise missile and drone attacks.
