Ukraine is developing strike missiles augmented by artificial intelligence, a first and a significant step as its offensive weapons become increasingly autonomous.

Brave1, the Ukrainian state-backed innovation platform, confirmed to Business Insider that multiple companies involved in this initiative are developing AI-enabled missiles.

Ukrainian companies have widely incorporated AI into their drones and war robots, enabling functions such as decision-making, navigation, and targeting. Missiles are new.

“AI was initially deployed at scale in drones,” Andrii Hrytseniuk, Brave1’s CEO, told Business Insider. “It’s not that fast — it’s sufficient…