Drones multiplied ballistic reach by adding remote-control distance to weapon range

Evidence

Self-preservation by means of drones involves putting vulnerable bodies out of reach. This could be seen as the fulfillment of the ancient desire that inspires the whole history of ballistic weapons: to increase one’s reach so as to hit the enemy from a distance before the opponent can launch its own attack. But with drones, the weapon’s range (the distance between the weapon and its target) has been increased by the range of the remote control (the distance separating the operator from the weapon). Thousands of miles can now be interposed between the trigger on which one’s finger rests and the cannon from which the cannonball will fly. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 110 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Drone-weaponized remote control radicalizes war into one-sided killing from safe zones; Drones add the remote control’s range to the weapon’s range. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 110; Drones evolved from surveillance eyes into lethal hunter-killer weapons. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 108

Related

• Drones add the remote control’s range to the weapon’s range. (similarity 0.97)
• Drones evolved from surveillance eyes into lethal hunter-killer weapons. (similarity 0.89)
• Drone missiles have larger lethal radii than conventional infantry weapons (similarity 0.88)
• Drones transformed from surveillance eyes into weapons almost by chance. (similarity 0.87)
• Drone warfare pits unburdened machines against bodies bound by physical limits. (similarity 0.85)
• Eliminating reciprocal exposure to violence makes drones look like cowardly weapons. (similarity 0.85)
• The drone should be judged against equivalent tactical weapons, not older bombers (similarity 0.85)
• Present-day drones combine remote control and autonomous piloting. (similarity 0.85)
• Drone-weaponized remote control radicalizes war into one-sided killing from safe zones (similarity 0.84)
• Armed drones make killing a priori one-directional, converting combat into slaughter. (similarity 0.84)
• Drone war turns strategic evaluation into disconnected body counts. (similarity 0.84)
• Drone war’s core task shifted from destroying enemies to finding and tracking them (similarity 0.84)
• Remote-controlled machines were proposed as a third option beyond protected men or autonomous machines (similarity 0.83)
• Drones resolve the guerrilla problem by depriving insurgents of any target to attack. (similarity 0.83)
• Drones transform war from combat-defined zones into pursuit-defined hunting grounds. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Drones add the remote control’s range to the weapon’s range. #corroborates (0.95) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 110