In the space of less than twenty years, drones have become ubiquitous components of the security infrastructures that produce and police territories and borders of all kinds — from national dividing lines to the more scattered or almost imperceptible spatial relations that have come to characterize an era of globalized conflicts. Most often associated with the sensing and “signature strike” operations inherited from the Bush administration and perfected under the aegis of the Obama administration in Iraq and Afghanistan, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs) are now in use “at home” in many countries including the United States. The rapid incorporation of UAVs into conventional battlefield arenas as well as zones considered to be far distant from war suggests that, regardless of size or range, these aerial vehicles and associated systems are believed to offer significant benefits to national governments, municipalities, institutions, and various organizations and interest groups. The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to supplement and operationalize US border enforcement and municipal policing disturbs the supposed boundary between military and civilian or battleground and home front. Indeed, rather than simply “blurring” the line between these hallmark components of the liberal state, the integration of UAS into border enforcement and civil policing supports Tyler Wall’s (2013: 38) contention that the “security state and security industries” are “virtually indistinguishable.”

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无人机作为“大气警务”

在不到二十年的时间里，无人机已经成为安全基础设施中无处不在的组成部分，从国家分界线到更分散或几乎难以察觉的空间关系，这些空间关系已经成为一个时代的特征。全球化的冲突。最常与从布什政府继承并在奥巴马政府的支持下在伊拉克和阿富汗完善的传感和“标志性打击”行动相关，无人机（无人驾驶飞行器，或 UAV）现在在许多“家庭”中使用。包括美国在内的国家。无人机迅速融入常规战场以及远离战争的区域表明，无论规模或范围如何，据信，这些飞行器和相关系统可为国家政府、市政当局、机构以及各种组织和利益集团带来巨大利益。使用无人机系统 (UAS) 来补充和实施美国边境执法和市政警务，扰乱了军事与民用或战场与前线之间的假定边界。事实上，无人机系统与边境执法和民事警务的整合并没有简单地“模糊”自由国家的这些标志性组成部分之间的界限，而是支持 Tyler Wall (2013: 38) 的论点，即“安全国家和安全行业”“实际上是无法区分。” 使用无人机系统 (UAS) 来补充和实施美国边境执法和市政警务，扰乱了军事与民用或战场与前线之间的假定边界。事实上，UAS 与边境执法和民事警务的整合并没有简单地“模糊”自由国家的这些标志性组成部分之间的界限，而是支持 Tyler Wall (2013: 38) 的论点，即“安全国家和安全行业”“实际上是无法区分。” 使用无人机系统 (UAS) 来补充和实施美国边境执法和市政警务，扰乱了军事与民用或战场与前线之间的假定边界。事实上，无人机系统与边境执法和民事警务的整合并没有简单地“模糊”自由国家的这些标志性组成部分之间的界限，而是支持 Tyler Wall (2013: 38) 的论点，即“安全国家和安全行业”“实际上是无法区分。”