The US Air Force School of Advanced Airpower Studies "1997-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Weapons of Mass Destruction-A Lethal Combination ?"- JEFFREY N. RENEHAN, Major USAF - (hereinafter, refer to "The USAF Air Power Study.”) - (page 42, line32) stated: "The United States may one day face an enemy that has obtained the capability to employ WMD on UAVs in battle. It is prudent to do everything in our power to prevent this from happening” (page 42).
"The United States faces dynamic and evolving WMD threats. The risk of the United States or its Allies and partners facing a military confrontation that includes chemical, biological, radiological, and/or nuclear (CBRN) weapons has increased since 2014". (2023 Department of Defense Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction) (Ref:Executive Summery) - para 2, page vii)
In December 2024, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said it is time to shift to a wartime mindset and prepare for a wartime scenario (Credit: BBC News).
In June 2024, Rand Corp explained: "Countries in western and central Europe, as well as the United States and Canada, face a mounting threat of direct attack on their homelands" (Ref: and Credit: By James Black, Rand Corp). "NATO needs a ‘hellscape’ defense at ‘Replicator’ speed" (Ref:-Credit: Atlantic Council).
In the 1980s, the post-Cold War era, UAVs and drones carrying WMD
In the 1980s, the post-Cold War era, UAVs and drones carrying WMD (Nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological, and explosive "CBRNE") and delivery systems were a major global security concern for the G7 industrialized nations - the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and Canada. However, "WMD delivery systems often receive less attention than do the weapons themselves" (The USAF Air Power Study - page 1, para 3).
The USAF Air Power Study stated; "The result indicates that there is great potential for the use of UAVs as delivery systems for WMD, particularly by developing nations and nonstate actors such as terrorist groups who may not have the technical capability to employ other means."( Ref:The USAF Air Power Study page V Abstract)
Moreover, no industrialized nations, NATO, or the European Union had actively structured their nuclear and other WMD military doctrines around drone-on-drone warfare and related deterrence strategies before Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The International Institute for Strategic Studies: Russia’s UAV Campaign Over Europe Research paper explained a broad picture of Europe’s current counter-UAV architecture. (Ref: Russia’s UAV Campaign Over Europe)
AUVSI 2013 - Washington, D.C., USA
Our mission began 17 years ago, in 2009, mainly focusing on a complex issue related to the post-Cold War era - the Soviet Union's nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction threats and the possibility of drone-on-drone warfare, including anti-drone systems to respond to drone-carrying WMDs and their delivery systems, which have not received much attention from the US, NATO, the EU, and other nations since the Cold War era.
The mission entirely focuses on inventing, designing, and patenting mothership scenarios in which a mothership carrying a large number of UAVs and drones communicates with each other (AI-driven), launches and recovers them in mid-air - a “Mother hen and parasite chicks” Air-based air defense system.
In 2026, Russia and Ukraine are now focusing on mothership scenarios
The technical evolution of the mothership scenario has recently accelerated and integrated into the next revolution of warfare. “The drone made headlines in February 2026 for its use as a “mothership” carrying FPV drones to forward positions. Ukrainian analysts first identified this capability after inspecting a downed Gerbera and observing mounting brackets for FPV drones.” (Ref: and Credit: The Russian Gerbera Drone Is Evolving Beyond Being A Simple Decoy)
Civil and military preparedness for WMD warfare - Joint forces strategy- military, first responders, and other emergency responders: - Recognizing the strength of the “Modern total defense strategy,” we also developed military civil preparedness for CBRNE warfare - known as the CBRNE Triangle Project. The project mainly focuses on: If deterrence fails and WMD crises occur, how to build an integrated, effective workforce and work environment for military, first responders, and other emergency responders so they can save themselves, save lives, and protect property through "Modern total defense strategy" military-civil joint forces.
The 1997 USAF Air Power Study stated: "Weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, biological, and chemical—along with the systems that deliver them, pose a major threat to our security and that of our allies and other friendly nations. Thus, a key part of our strategy is to seek to stem the proliferation of such weapons and to develop an effective capability to deal with these threats. — President William J. Clinton, A National Security Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement." ("The USAF Air Power Study (page 1, Introduction)"
On November 14, 1994, the United States' former President issued Executive Order 12938
In response to these extraordinary threats of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons) and their delivery systems, the United States former President Clinton issued an Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994 (Re: US Govinfo.org), declaring a national emergency to address the danger of "proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of the means of delivery systems for such weapons".
However, the US military studies and ongoing drone warfare show that the US, NATO and EU nations have not given much attention to inexpensive drone wafare and drone-carrying WMD weapons and drone-on-drone warfare until Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
On January 27, 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order - Golden Dome missile defense architecture - a next-generation space-based missile shield
On January 27, 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled The Iron Dome for America, later renamed "Golden Dome for America." (Ref: Space Systems Command USSF). This missile-defense architecture is also expected to integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and drone-defense components to neutralize small, low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and drone swarm attacks. This specialized air defense component provides a system architecture strategy to address the long-overdue issues of drones carrying nuclear and other WMDs and delivering them.
June 03, 2025, the top US Air Force Gen. calls the Ukraine drone strikes a wake-up call for US and global air defense and “a wake-up moment” for militaries around the globe, both for defensive and offensive posture. Also said, "We need to pay more attention to that . "(Credit: DefenseNews) The General also said the future US air defense network must be able to counter small drones. "However, he said he believes the initial phase of Golden Dome development will not include closer-range defensive measures." (Ref. credit: Air&Space Force magazine).
In late September 2029, the U.S. Department of Defense, under President Donald Trump's leadership, announced the creation of an Autonomous Warfare Command, “AutoWarCom,” to establish counter-drone systems capable of addressing threats posed by unmanned aircraft and drone systems. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled AutoWarCom during his “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.(Ref:- Credit defense coop.com)
NNSA and the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 Strengthen Partnership to Counter Drone Threats
In addition signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Department of War’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) – to establish a framework for sharing C-UAS test data, research, and operational insights.(Ref: US Department of Energy)
In 2025, the European Union initiated the development of a “Drone Wall” (initially introduced by Baltic nations, Poland, and Finland in 2023), officially named the European Drone Defense Initiative, consisting of hundreds of drones and a network of sensors, jammers, and interceptors to create a shield against drone threats. (Ref:European Parliamentary Research Service)
However, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have continuously emphasized that using UAVs and drones to counter drone incursions is only a temporary fix. Europe cannot protect itself from Russian aggression by relying only on a "drone wall" or simple anti-drone technology; it needs robust military and strategic deterrence. Macron says Europe's proposed 'drone wall' is not 'totally feasible'.(Ref:/Credit AA)
The EQQUERA invention of a "Mother hen and parasite chicks - Air-based air defense system” (MHPC-ABADS) is a family of systems-of-systems architecture platform comprising a Mother UAV (Mother hen) carrying a fleet of sub-UAVs (chicks), each sub-UAV carrying a large number of mini-UAVs (Grand chicks), all capable of being launched and recovered in midair.
These sub-UAVs and mini-UAVs (drones) comprise a multi-function, multi-operational, multi-mission capabilities system architecture that enables them to surround the Mother UAV, communicate with each other, and operate as a single large family.
The EQQUERA “Air-based air defense system” (MHPC-ABADS) is designed with interoperable interlink integrated connectivity - communications and operations systems and platforms - with manned, unmanned systems, space-based satellite, and ground-based systems, and other operational platforms. Enabling the “Air-based air defense system“ to achieve air dominance for full-scale defensive and offensive operational missions. The system also provides an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission capabilities edge - to build competitive air, land, sea, cyber, and space dominance.
The "Air-based air defense system” (MHPC-ABADS) specifically focuses on designing a short-range defensive and offensive air-based air defense system architecture that can contribute to intercepting and defeating threats that existing ground-based interceptors, such as “Iron Dome” interceptors, and the proposed space-based “Golden Dome” interceptors, cannot intercept or defend against high-volume or "super-swarms" attacks involving hundreds or thousands of UAVs and drones in close range.
The "THE-BEES" system architecture - an air maneuver warfare platform
The unique feature of the “THE-BEES” system is its integration and interlinking of space-based and ground-based systems architecture as well as manned and unmanned platforms across the air, sea, land, cyber, and space domains.
The “THE-BEES” system is a short-range “air-based air defense system” designed with a 360-degree air-maneuvering warfare architecture that can integrate, interlink, and communicate with each other - including space-based and ground-based systems - all of which combine into a unified satellite network architecture.
The “THE-BEES” system is designed as a “close-range air defense system,” specifically contributing to closing possible existing gaps in traditional shields such as the proposed US “Golden Dome” shield, Israel's “Iron Dome,”and other similar interceptors, including finding solutions to address close-range and low-flying threats that escape from traditional systems.
EQQUERA Artificial Intelligence (AI) warfare platform
The technological invention of an “Air-based air defense system” is further designed with an artificial intelligence (AI) driven concept, based on the 1950s birth of AI capabilities (Ref, credit: US Department of Energy, "The birth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research"), along with the continuous development of machine-learning autonomy and improvements in robotic technologies. These improvements clearly show what next-generation warfare may look like, including the positive and negative aspects of AI strategies and possible solutions to overcome the challenges it poses.
The Arctic region serves as a primary front line and key buffer zone in the North Pole missile defense architecture. In 1957, the US and Canada created NORAD early warning and tracking systems to monitor and protect North American skies against Soviet approach aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles, including nuclear attacks crossing the North Pole. They built these warning radar systems in Alaska, Greenland, and the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
The Arctic security framework has now changed significantly from the Cold War era
The Arctic security framework has shifted significantly from a Cold War bipolar system between two superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union, to a complex multipolar system that now includes China and other new regional actors. This new complex framework has also expanded nuclear and WMD threats in the Arctic, including artificial intelligence (AI) UAVs and drones carrying WMD and delivering them through the Arctic.
Capabilities between NORAD and SDI (nickname Star Wars), now referred to as GOLDEN Dome, and the influence of evolving technology for continental defense modernization
NORAD was created to monitor incoming threats in the sky by detecting and tracking aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles that might threaten North America, including scrambling fighter jets to intercept and threatening unauthorized aircraft.
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a proposed multi-layered missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBs) before they could reach the United States or while traveling through outer space. The Golden Dome is an improvement on the SDI system, a multi-layer missile defense system intended to detect and destroy missiles before launch or during flight.
We have carried out comprehensive research on the Arctic and the North Pole environment, as the Arctic region is a vital focus of EQQUERA's innovation of short-range air-based air defense systems. We participated in several conferences and trade shows to raise awareness of drones in the Arctic and their connectivity to satellite communications, both of which are critical for future military enhancements and geopolitical importance.
32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering 2013 - Nantes, France
ASME ( The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME ), 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, accepted Shelton De Silva’s technical paper titled "Knowledge of Arctic and EQQ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Multiple Applications." He invented and patented UAVs and a drone-on-drones warfare platform - an “Air-based air defense system”. He is also the founder and President of EQQUERA Inc.
(Advanced Technology for Humanity) Article, AUVSI - Washington, D.C., U.S.A
This "technological invention" is already protected by international intellectual property rights and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) patent rules, which provide maximum protection for the invention. The European Patent Office granted patent rights for the technological invention based on the International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We also validated the patent in numerous contracting states in which patent rights have already been granted. We also filed a second PCT application with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), incorporating significant improvements to the original patent; WIPO has already recognized Novelty, Utility, and non-obviousness, which are required for an invention to be granted a patent.
"(Note: the sensitive, secret, and vital characteristics of the invention, including technological features and operational systems, are not publicly available, neither in the patent disclosure nor on the website.)"
The US Department of War, the "Weapons Systems," and the Canadian Aerospace Warfare Centers evaluated the technological invention early in 2018, well before the Russia-Ukraine drone-on-drone war began, and it was well recognized.
Preparing for a wartime scenario:
In the 1980s, during the post-Cold War era, industrialized nations recognized that future warfare would be significantly more complex and lethal than World Wars I and II. The use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons is highly possible.
Recognizing the dangers of these catastrophic events, we developed an emergency preparedness and response plan in 2008 that can contribute to existing emergency response plans.
This plan focused on building a safe, workable environment for law enforcement, emergency responders, military personnel, and healthcare workers to protect themselves and save public lives. The Project is known as the "CBRNE Triangle Project".
The main focus of this "Project" is to build a "joint forces" with law enforcement, other emergency responders, medical, military personnel, and healthcare workers to coordinate and work together in the event of a CBRNE catastrophe.
We first introduced the "CBRN Triangle Project" to law enforcement personnel during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in Canada. This distinctive identification system is now part of the safety equipment program for first responders and other emergency response personnel.
The project received government agency approvals (WorkSafeBC) following two public hearings. This identification system was also subsequently amended into the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Act, which states, "distinguishing emergency medical assistant or in any other capacity, as well as law enforcement, defined in the Police Act."
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