Armed Forces: Autonomous Weapon Systems — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:00 pm on 26 March 2013.

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Photo of Lord Tanlaw Lord Tanlaw Crossbench 3:00, 26 March 2013

Can the Minister say whether these machines contradict the first law of robotics in the sense that they identify and kill human beings? They are open to malfunctions, like any other machine, so is there not a great danger of this occurring at some future time?