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Killing someone, in exchange for shooting down a robot, would be an escalation not a proportionate response.

• jltsiren 4y ago
  You are looking at this from the American perspective, when you should look at it from the Chinese perspective. Killing someone who is trying to invade territory you claim sovereignty over is a justified response. China does not do that at the moment, and not because they don't think it would be justified but because they don't think it would be a smart move. If the US starts shooting at your assets in situations they consider justified, a proportional response would be shooting at their assets in situations you consider justified. Due to different perspectives, a proportional response may turn into escalation. A similar situation is developing in Ukraine. Russia is seriously considering annexing the territory it has managed to conquer. If Ukraine later gains the upper hand and tries to take lost territory back, it would be invading Russia from the Russian perspective. That, according to their doctrine, would allow a nuclear response, which might be enough to deter Ukraine.