WARBENCH: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating LLMs in Military Decision-Making
Large Language Models are increasingly being considered for deployment in safety-critical military applications. However, current benchmarks suffer from structural blindspots that systematically overestimate model capabilities in real-world tactical scenarios. Existing frameworks typically ignore strict legal constraints based on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), omit edge computing limitations, lack robustness testing for fog of war, and inadequately evaluate explicit reasoning. To address these vulnerabilities, we present WARBENCH, a comprehensive evaluation framework establishing a foundational tactical baseline alongside four distinct stress testing dimensions. Through a large scale empirical evaluation of nine leading models on 136 high-fidelity historical scenarios, we reveal severe structural flaws. First, baseline tactical reasoning systematically collapses under complex terrain and high force asymmetry. Second, while state of the art closed source models maintain functional compliance, edge-optimized small models expose extreme operational risks with legal violation rates approaching 70 percent. Furthermore, models experience catastrophic performance degradation under 4-bit quantization and systematic information loss. Conversely, explicit reasoning mechanisms serve as highly effective structural safeguards against inadvertent violations. Ultimately, these findings demonstrate that current models remain fundamentally unready for autonomous deployment in high stakes tactical environments.
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