On: The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing

[ceejayoz → gdy]

> You mean precious lives of Americans.

I really don't. Switch the nationalities and my answer is the same - self-defense when human lives are at risk is a lot more justifiable than self-defense of a robot. People are worth more than electronics.

[gdy → ceejayoz]

This is a fair point I agree with.

Is it also justifiable to use deadly force in the response to actions not involving deadly force and only hypothetically putting lives at risk?

Because this is what you said in your original comment.

[ceejayoz → gdy]

I said, and I quote: "can it defend itself? Should it?"

Armed, unmanned robots change the calculus on both sides of an engagement.

[gdy → ceejayoz]

I meant to refer to "It's a lot more justifiable to use deadly force to respond when human lives are being placed at risk"