But what happens to that right when there is no longer any effective possibility of reciprocation? In practice, “the basic equality of moral risk: kill or be killed” in traditional war was replaced by something akin to a “turkey shoot.” War degenerates into a putting-to-death. This is the situation introduced by the exclusive use of drones in asymmetrical warfare.

Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, loc. 524