Maritime autonomy fat-finger risk

Human remote-control or command interfaces can accidentally disable software safety interlocks on military autonomous boats, producing dangerous autonomous behavior before a vehicle is supposed to be active. Small operator mistakes (a remote message from the dock) combined with distributed autonomy and tethered testing can cascade into capsizes and near‑misses. — This frames a narrow but important vulnerability that should shape procurement rules, test protocols, and legal/governance debates about when and how armed autonomy is fielded.