Drone warfare is the most emblematic manifestation of so-called remote warfare. And yet, how ‘remote’ is it really? Based on extensive interaction with French drone crews, and interviews conducted in 2020, this article shows how drone warfare is not so new, not so distant, not so different, not so indifferent, and not so riskless. In other words, how distancing is a constant in the history of warfare; how the cliché of the drone pilot killing people between the groceries and the family dinner is a partial reflect of reality; how the videogame-like immersive environment of drone pilots is not that different from the one of modern inhabited aircrafts; how drones contradict the widespread assumption that propensity to killing is proportionate to physical distance from target; and finally how drone warfare is not that riskless, at least compared to its most likely alternatives. Therefore, drone warfare is not that remote.

无人机战争是所谓的远程战争最具代表性的表现形式。然而，它到底有多“遥远”？基于与法国无人机机组人员的广泛互动，以及 2020 年进行的采访，本文展示了无人机战争如何不那么新鲜、不那么遥远、不那么不同、不那么冷漠、也不那么无风险。换句话说，在战争史上，保持距离是一个常数；无人机飞行员在杂货和家庭晚餐之间杀人的陈词滥调是如何部分反映现实的；无人机飞行员的电子游戏般的沉浸式环境与现代有人居住的飞机没有什么不同；无人机如何与普遍的假设相矛盾，即杀人倾向与与目标的物理距离成正比；最后，无人机战争不是那么无风险，至少与其最可能的替代品相比。因此，无人机战争并不是那么遥远。