Why did the Australian Foreign Minister feel it was time to warn the world…?
By David Sussin
During the United Nations Security Council's open debate session on September 26, one member gave an unusual warning.
The statement came from Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong under the generic title, "Statement to the UN Security Council Open Debate".
But while the title raised no red flags, the content did.
Mrs. Wong warned that AI was in danger of triggering a nuclear holocaust.
Specifically, she referenced AI's potential use in nuclear weapons and unmanned systems. She raised the dangerous potential of autonomous weapons that AI could trigger without humans in the loop.
Where nuclear warfare has been constrained by human judgement, accountability, and conscience, Wong reminded the group that AI lacks these traits. And because of this, "decisions of life and death must never be delegated to machines."
Listening to this dire scenario, you might wonder, what prompted the concern? As of this writing, none of the five nuclear powers have plans to integrate AI into their launch capabilities. To do so would be insanely irresponsible.
Although, it should be noted, several countries are determined to use AI in military applications -- early warning systems, missile defense, target recognition, command-and-control aids.
This includes China and the United States.
In fact, the Pentagon announced in July it was giving $200 million to Google, xAI, Anthropic and OpenAI to expand the use of AI in the U.S. military.
According to the Department of Defense's Chief Digital and AI Officer Doug Matty, "leveraging commercially available solutions into an integrated capabilities approach will accelerate the use of advanced AI as part of our Joint Mission essential tasks in our warfighting domain as well as intelligence, business, and enterprise information systems."
That's a convoluted way of saying they want AI in everything, from intelligence analysis to campaign planning to logistics to data collection.
But it's a far cry from letting AI "push the button." In fact, both China and the U.S. have explicitly stated their commitment to keep AI out of the nuclear decision.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed late in 2024 that AI should never be empowered to decide to launch a nuclear war.
So why the warning from Mrs. Wong? Why did the Australian Foreign Minister feel it was time to warn the world…?
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Well, first of all, it's important to know Australia is actually in the loop of high-level intelligence and defense partnerships.
They have access to sensitive and top secret global military information as part of their membership in The Five Eyes. The other members include the United States, the UK, Canada, and New Zealand.
These nations share signals intelligence on defense and global security. And it could well be they needed one of the members to raise a red flag and indicate to someone out there that the Five Eyes know what they've got, and know how close they are to unleashing it on the world.
Turns out, there is a rumored weapon that fits the Foreign Minister's description: an autonomous nuclear device driven by AI that threatens the globe.
Russia's Poseidon weapon is described as a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed, autonomous torpedo capable of crossing oceans on its own.
Public reports say it uses autonomous navigation, but by integrating AI guidance, the nuclear weapon could hunt targets without human input. Foreign Minister Wong's line about "AI in nuclear unmanned systems" fits Russia's nightmare torpedo perfectly.
Did Australian intelligence learn Russia has integrated machine learning into Poseidon's guidance system? Has Putin's military created a Skynet under the sea?
The weapon isn't exactly secret. Vladimir Putin first publicly announced the Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone on March 1, 2018, during his Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow. The weapon was framed as a response to U.S. missile defense developments.
Since then, it's become an obsession in some circles, a modern myth. Because if it really existed as Putin claims, this nuclear-powered, unmanned leviathan with onboard AI could destroy major cities around the globe without warning.
Whisper networks claim it can loiter in the oceans undiscovered for months, weaving through sonar fields, and ultimately detonate offshore creating catastrophic radioactive nightmares.
Officials fear its AI guidance could autonomously replan routes, evade interception, and prioritize targets without human approval. And if there's one, why not anticipate swarms of them, ending maritime shipping and destroying coastal infrastructure.
When nuclear destruction is placed in the soulless hands of AI, there's nothing to stop it.
Let's hope Mrs. Wong gave her warning unprompted by any new developments in the field. And Putin's Poseidon torpedo remains nothing more than the computer mock-up he showed the day he announced plans to make it real.
Sources:
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/sep/26/ais-potential-use-in-nuclear-weapons-challenges-future-of-humanity-penny-wong-tells-un-video>
<https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-unchecked-ai-could-trigger-a-nuclear-war/>
<https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/07/15/pentagon-taps-four-commercial-tech-firms-to-expand-military-use-of-ai>
<https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/may/autonomous-nuclear-torpedoes-usher-dangerous-future>
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