Telechiric operation implies an asymmetrical frontier between a safe zone and a hostile one

Evidence

Space is divided into two: a hostile area and a safe one. The picture shows a sheltered power in a safe place operating in a dangerous place outside. This power, sometimes called “telearchic,” implies a frontier. But that border is asymmetrical: it must not only block intrusions from outside but also be able to open slightly in order to admit the mechanical pseudopods designed to intervene in the hostile environment. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 135

Categorization

• XREF: The asymmetric frontier directly maps onto the reader’s physical-space transformation of war; also resonates with drone-bases-plus-airspace discussions elsewhere. — connects to: Telechiric warfare was predicted to radicalize imperial asymmetry rather than end war; Tele-technologies make non-reciprocal forms of co-presence possible, necessary, or impossible — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 954; Drone tele-technology is engineered to be nonreciprocal in co-presence — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 955 (+5 more)

Related

• Telechiric warfare was predicted to radicalize imperial asymmetry rather than end war (similarity 0.90)
• Remote weapons make war unilateral with deaths confined to the enemy side (similarity 0.83)
• Remote-controlled weapons treat the enemy as dangerous material to be eliminated unilaterally (similarity 0.82)
• Remote-controlled warfare was predicted to radicalize the asymmetry between imperial powers and colonized peoples (similarity 0.82)
• Modern drone asymmetry is a continuation of colonial weapons double standards (similarity 0.82)
• Drone warfare creates a new configuration that is neither war nor peace (similarity 0.80)
• Remote-controlled machines were proposed as a third option beyond protected men or autonomous machines (similarity 0.79)
• Drones add the remote control’s range to the weapon’s range. (similarity 0.78)
• Drone-weaponized remote control radicalizes war into one-sided killing from safe zones (similarity 0.78)
• The drone made warfare absolutely unilateral, killing without risk of being killed (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Drone tele-technology is engineered to be nonreciprocal in co-presence #expands (0.75) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 955
• Drone-weaponized remote control radicalizes war into one-sided killing from safe zones #expands (0.70)
• Remote-controlled warfare was predicted to radicalize the asymmetry between imperial powers and colonized peoples #corroborates (0.65) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 141
• Remote-controlled weapons treat the enemy as dangerous material to be eliminated unilaterally #expands (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 142
• Co-presence can be unilateral, breaking presumed reciprocity between combatants #complicates (0.60)
• Remote killing free from retaliation creates a moral hazard problem #expands (0.55)