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Re:Autonomous Ships by toomuchtodo on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @06:45PM (#14363456)
One would simply disable propulsion and communications, and then haul the ship elsewhere for classification and sale of its cargo.

With no humans on board, then there is no incentive not to use deadly force for disabling critical subsystems.

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Re:Autonomous Ships by sfifs on Thursday May 18, 2017 @12:25AM (#14364809)
equivalently, there's no real incentive to not use deadly force to clean the ships of pirates as a deterrence and take the write off on any damages.

I suspect with drone ships and the lack of crew liability, there will arise contract security companies with pre-positioned ex-seal teams in hotspots to deal with piracy.

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