Originally published by the Strategic Trade Research Institute. https://www.stimson.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-views/embedded/res/img/ajax-loader.gif","callback_next":"","manage_history":"enabled","has_controls_in_form":"disabled","infinite_tolerance":"0","max_pages":0,"page":1,"base_permalink":"/2022/advanced-conventional-weapons-emerging-technologies-recognizing-preempting-proliferation-threats/?wpv_view_count=67185-TCPID76749&wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM","loop":{"type":"","name":"","data":[],"id":0}}" data-permalink="/2022/advanced-conventional-weapons-emerging-technologies-recognizing-preempting-proliferation-threats/?wpv_view_count=67185-TCPID76749" style="box-sizing:border-box"> The proliferation of advanced conventional weapons (ACW) poses a grave threat to international peace and security. The acquisition by a growing number of countries of sophisticated advanced weapons systems follows a trend whereby the potency of specific ACW systems is compounded by integrating emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence/machine learning or robotics. Whereas the hardware – the equipment, materials, and components – for these systems can be manufactured indigenously or imported, access to and acquisition of ACW-related emerging technologies is a more daunting challenge. To mitigate the ACW proliferation…