The military application of artificial intelligence in the Russia-Ukraine conflict shows its important role in modern warfare, such as the application of unmanned aerial vehicles and deep forgery technology, which has a significant impact on the outcome of the war. At the same time, the autonomy of artificial intelligence weapons and the development of intelligent technology have brought new national security risks, such as autonomous search and audio-visual recognition technology. The advancement of machine learning and data mining has intensified the arms race and increased uncertainty in governance. At present, academia mainly studies specific artificial intelligence military applications from the perspectives of international communication and security, but a comprehensive understanding of their security risks and challenges requires more in-depth case studies. This paper analyzes the military application of artificial intelligence in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and discusses its impact on national security and governance path.

1、 Artificial Intelligence Military Applications: Components and National Security Impact Paths

The military application of artificial intelligence not only enhances the performance of weapon systems, but also poses a threat to national security. Its constituent elements include artificial intelligence weapons for combat and artificial intelligence support systems for support systems. Artificial intelligence weapons can independently select and attack targets, while support systems enhance the capabilities of military equipment such as intelligence and communication. The path of national security impact includes: artificial intelligence weapons enhancing military strike capabilities, increasing the risk of military conflicts getting out of control; Cyber weapons make cyber attacks more covert and difficult to trace; The escalation of competition in the fields of information and cognition, such as deep forgery and computational propaganda techniques, enhances the ability to spread false information and manipulate public opinion. These technologies bring new risks and challenges in the political, military, and cyber fields.

2、 Military Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

In the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the scale and impact of AI military applications have never been seen before, known as "intelligent warfare". Artificial intelligence weapons such as drones and cyber weapons have played an important role on the battlefield, becoming force multipliers. The artificial intelligence military applications assisted by Western countries have given Ukraine an advantage in intelligence, public opinion, and other fields, changing the military power balance between the two sides.

3、 National Security Risks Caused by Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence

In depth exploration of the risks and challenges posed by the application of artificial intelligence in the military field to national security. Firstly, as the foundation of artificial intelligence military applications, data and algorithms pose new threats to national security due to their inherent and applied risks. Endogenous risks involve issues such as data pollution, leakage, abuse, and algorithm design flaws, while applied risks include data leakage, algorithm penetration, and network attacks. Secondly, the military applications of artificial intelligence have expanded the security space, intertwining physical and cyber warfare and increasing the complexity of the security environment. The emergence of digital security space has weakened the monopoly of sovereign states on security resources, while the participation of multiple non-state actors and the trend towards ambiguity in the security field have made security risk governance more difficult. Third, with the support of AI technology, non-state actors have an increasingly significant impact on national security. Their active performance in the Russia-Ukraine conflict highlights their key role in the remote proxy war. Finally, artificial intelligence arms race has become a new high ground for national security capability competition, and countries are actively promoting related technology research and strategic layout. At the same time, the artificial intelligence arms race between major powers has begun, which not only affects the form of the battlefield, but also reshapes the nature of the war in terms of scale and subject.

4、 Governance Path for Security Risks in Artificial Intelligence Military Applications

The paper explores the security risks and governance paths brought by the military application of artificial intelligence. Firstly, it emphasizes the forward-looking layout of strengthening the military application of artificial intelligence, enhancing national security capabilities, including improving top-level design, strengthening key technology research, and attaching importance to the role of market forces. Secondly, it is proposed to strengthen the integration of security resources, establish a cross departmental security collaboration system, including improving data sharing and attack defense linkage mechanisms, regulating the supervision of non-state actors, and strengthening talent training and reserves. Finally, it emphasized the need for sustained international cooperation to overcome the governance dilemma of artificial intelligence military applications, including promoting multilateral security dialogue, building cooperative governance mechanisms, and jointly safeguarding international security.

5、 Conclusion

The significant role of artificial intelligence military applications in the Russian Ukrainian battlefield, as well as the complex risks and challenges it poses to national security. The importance of the overall national security concept in guiding the security risk governance of artificial intelligence military applications. China should strengthen the risk management system and capacity building of artificial intelligence military applications, seize technological development opportunities, integrate resources, improve cross departmental security cooperation mechanisms, and enhance supervision. At the same time, promoting international consensus, overcoming collective action difficulties, promoting the peaceful development and secure use of artificial intelligence military applications, and safeguarding the security interests of all mankind.