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how about "lethal autonomous weapon systems" then
That works perfectly.
They're not. They slapped an image detection algorithm (which have existed for decades) into a drone and made it capable of using the flight controller to fly it into a selected target if the signal gets jammed.
Point defence systems for ships and anti aircraft missiles like Patriot have all killed people in autonomous modes in friendly-fire incidents, so LAWS aren't new and don't require AI. Barriers to building them are reducing, but again, that's more due to cheap drones rather than AI.