ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how US drone wars in Pakistan and the Horn of Africa region participate in vertical mediation. Drawing upon various forms of drone coverage, including drone attack photos, aerial assault videos, drone protest media, drone infrastructure views, infrared images, and drone crash scene photos, it analyzes material dimensions of drone warfare that extend from orbit to the ground. The chapter focuses on the US drone war in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) region of Pakistan and explores how drone attack photos, aerial assault videos, and protest media draw attention to grounded dimensions of drone war and registered peoples' objections and resistance to US vertical power. It focuses on the US drone war in the Horn of Africa and explores how drone media help to bring the infrastructural, perceptual, and forensic materialities of drone warfare to the surface.
