Autonomous drone warfare

Recently, a military robot has autonomously taken the decision to attack enemy troops in Libyan war without waiting for any human intervention. Russia is also suspected of using such kind robots current against Ukraine. This news highlighted possibility radical changes scenarios. Using Catholic perspective, we will analyze these new challenges, indicating anthropological and ethical bases that must lead prohibition autonomous “killer robots” and, more generally, overcoming just theory. We point out importance Francis Assisi, whom encyclical Fratelli tutti proposed again as model advancing towards fraternal pacified humanity.