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The article deals with drone warfare as man-hunting carried out via satellite from Creech AFB near Las Vegas. The book examines the layers of fantasy on which counterterrorism and its self-sustaining logic are grounded. Its initial revelatory event is the trauma endured by drone operators when, due to their visual intimacy with the victims, the fantasy of the beast-like enemy collapses. It shows how counterterrorism, through euphemism, narrative, and video game imagery, has turned drone assassination and button-pushing murder into a form of art. Finally, the article dwells on the tragic error of a president unable to resist the deceptions of the counterterror state and considers as well the current status of drone warfare under President Biden. El artículo examina la guerra de drones como una forma de caza llevada a cabo por vía satélite desde la base militar aérea de Creech cerca de Las Vegas. El evento revelador inicial es el trauma que sufren los pilotos de drones debido a la intimidad visual con la que contemplan las consecuencias fatídicas de sus acciones. Se analiza el papel de la fantasía en el comportamiento de caza de los pilotos y en la retroalimentación mutua entre terrorismo y contraterrorismo. Se describe cómo funciona «el arte de matar” (De Quincey) en la guerra de drones a base de narrativa, eufemismos y video juegos. El artículo tiene en cuenta el papel trágico de Obama en la proliferación y normalización de los drones armados, así como la situación actual bajo la presidencia de Biden.

O drone de combate é um projeto cognoscitivo, cujas elementares são inscritas no mecanismo que o desempenha. As questões estratégicas e as expectativas em função da capacidade de intervenção da nova tecnologia em campos de realidade são, de algum modo, um simulacro da forma da dúvida filosófica sobre o drone enquanto objeto. Mas qual é esse modo e o que o determina? Este trabalho examina os principais pontos de vista sobre a questão política e teórica a respeito dos drones e procura compreender os fatores de determinação dessas visões, mormente a que se constitui no próprio drone. Finalmente, explora o significado dessa escolha como objeto de interesse e pensamento. The combat drone is a cognitive project, whose elements are inscribed in the mechanisms that performs it. The strategic questions and the expectations due to the ability of the new technology to intervene in reality are, in a manner, a simulacrum of the form of philosophical doubt about the drone as an object. But what is this manner and what determines it? This thesis examines the main points of view on the political and theoretical question regarding drones and seeks to comprehend the determinative factors of these visions, preeminently the one that is constituted in the drone itself. Finally, it explores the meaning of this choice as an object of interest and thought.