The history clearly shows that the US and Soviet Union Cold War-era issues never ended - it just paused temporarily and continues beneath the surface even after the 1991 end of the Cold War. Unfortunately, this temporary pause left behind major unanswered security issues and concerns - about the potential of UAVs and drones carrying WMD (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear “CBRN”), and the capability of UAV and drone systems that deliver them.
"Consequently, the combination of more efficient WMD and more effective delivery systems have become an area of great concern." "The principal Western response to this problem was the formation of the missile technology control regime (MTCR) in 1987. At that time, seven industrialized nations (the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and Canada) identified a need to prevent the spread of delivery systems for WMD." (Ref: The US Air Force Air Power study: page 2, line 9)
The US Air Force Air Power Study stated that “WMD delivery systems often receive less attention than do the weapons themselves”. (Ref: para 2) This is mainly because Cold War-era strategic arms control prioritized large ballistic missiles and heavy bombers over tactical systems and small unmanned drone platforms.
The global superpowers, the US and Russia, admit that 21st-century electronic warfare fundamentally differs from traditional warfare and is moving beyond conventional approaches - shaping the new lines between peace and war. This presumption is clearly demonstrated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and the transformation of traditional warfare strategies into modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) UAVs and drone-on-drones electronic warfare, which is now heading for 2030 and beyond, or probably forever - the third revolution in warfare with new modern deterrence.
Challenges of AI and new era warfare
Despite the importance of new deterrence, the next generation of technological advancements of artificial intelligence (AI), the new merging of conventional and nuclear conflicts, a new complex and multi-domain arms race, the rise of multipolar threats, and new drone-on-drone warfare will all bring significant changes and challenges to new era warfare that undermine the foundations of nuclear security and deterrence. (Ref:and Credit) (Ref: 21st Century Warfare Requires 21st Century Deterrence By Colonel Jeffrey W. Pickler.)
Our vision began in 2009 (17 years ago), focusing on finding solutions to long-overdue complex issues related to post-Cold War-era concerns and the potential use of UAVs and drone technologies for future warfare, including UAVs and drones carrying WMD and their delivery systems. This issue remains one of the highest security priorities for the US, NATO, and their allies for many decades, which has not received attention; they are now urgently seeking credible solutions to address WMD drone warfare strategies and defense against them.
Our main focuse focus is finding solutions to address the long-overdue nuclear deterrence strategy related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones carrying nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and their delivery systems - aiming to deter and defend against modern nuclear and other WMD (chemical, biological, radiological) warfare.
The US Air Force Maj. Gen. Brandon D. Parker, director of global operations at U.S. Strategic Command said; “In light of the changing global security landscape, the War Department is considering how to approach modern-era deterrence differently.” (Ref. and Credit: The US War Department Continues Nuclear Modernization - Pentagon News)
Since 2009, we have been researching, designing, inventing, and developing a novel "Air-based air defense system" concept and novel war-fighting strategies and techniques referred to as “Mother Hen and parasite chicks” and the “THEBEES” war-fighting concept.
This technological invention is designed mainly to contribute to modern-era unmanned aerial vehicles and drone-on-drone-based electronic warfare, which is critical for 21st-century next-generation military modernization in 2030 and beyond, perhaps forever - focusing on the third revolution in warfare and deterrence.
In 1997, the US Air Force Air Power Study stated: "The Cold War may be over, but the effects caused by the change from a bipolar global geopolitical situation to a multipolar (or unipolar) situation may be more ominous than once imagined. Regional stability, long a concern of the United States (US), has now become an increasingly prevalent problem.” (Ref: Page 1, paragraph 1)
A multipolar deterrence framework involves three or more comparable great powers (e.g., the US, China, Russia, and other nations and regional actors) rather than the two-sided standoff of the Cold War. Now, these threats are not limited to the United States, but they have been spreading worldwide through ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine and Middle Eastern wars.
The transformation of the third revolution in warfare involves the next generation of autonomous weapons systems and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered systems of architecture, all of which are capable of integrating and employing both offensive and defensive airpower capabilities - to suppress, defeat, and deter enemy attacks without direct human intervention.
This third revolution in warfare strategy involved armed drones, autonomous missile systems, and swarm drone systems, interconnected with existing manned, unmanned, ground, and space systems.
Specifically, finding solutions to address modern deterrence strategies that have evolved far beyond the Cold War-era standoff. Modern frameworks rely on multilayered systems architecture designed to defend against and deter adversaries in modern nuclear and other WMD (chemical, biological, radiological) warfare. The third revolution in warfare transformed the bipolar deterrence into multipolar deterrence.
The study further stated that: "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. The potential exists for the proliferation of both UAVs and WMD to become widespread and thus a major security concern. There is no clear solution to this problem; (Ref: "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Lethal Combination?". The 1997 Air Force Study "Abstract" - page V.)
In 1997, the United States Air Force Air Power Study 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."
" The President of the United States, Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994, declared a national emergency to address the danger of WMD and delivery systems, and their continued declaration - National Emergency "(Ref: In 1997 the US Air Force Air Power Study page 13)
In 1997, study further stated: "The potential exists for the proliferation of both UAVs and WMD to become widespread and thus a major security concern. There is no clear solution to this problem." ( Ref: Abstract page v ). It also indicates that "WMD delivery systems often receive less attention than do the weapons themselves."
Further 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. A National Security Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement. (The US Air Force Studies Chapter 1 Introduction )
The study also reveal that "there is no clear solution to this problem; however, actions including bringing the issue to the forefront, strengthening export and arms controls, deterrence, and defense will have a synergistic effect that will help mitigate this threat". The studies also concluded that "Identifying specific air defense systems that could protect the United States and its allies from attack by a UAV/WMD weapon system". (Ref: The US Air Force studies page 33 - 34).
The Air Force studies: Curbing the proliferation of Weapons of mass destruction and their delivery vehicles is a challenging task. Many potential proliferators are convinced they need to develop WMD and their associated delivery systems to protect their national security. It is estimated that some nations will begin exploiting the full range of UAVs, including delivering WMD, in the next decade. —Report to Congress on the Proliferation of Missiles and WMD, March 1995 (Ref:Chapter 5 page 29).
The US Air Force Air Power Study: "The President of the United States of America, find that the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (“weapons of mass destruction”) and the means of delivering such weapons, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.—William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, Executive Order, 14 November 1994." (Ref: The US Air Force Studies. Chapter 3 Weapons of Mass Destruction).
Further 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. (Ref: The US Air Force Studies Chapter 1 Introduction )
Also, recognized that this initiative should directly incorporate with the Cold War era, the President Ronald Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) "Star Wars," which space-based anti-missile interceptors to defend against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles and other advanced aerial attacks such as unmanned systems and drones defense against nuclear attacks.
President Ronald Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) "Star Wars:The US and NATO recognize that long-term future military readiness requires significant modernization to the current warfare strategies with the next generation of space and air superiority initiatives.
January 27, 2025, The President of the United States, Donald Trump's Executive Order of "Defense of the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks from peer, near-peer, and rogue adversaries;" (Ref: The Iron Dome for America EXECUTIVE ORDER, January 27, 2025). This renewed space-based anti-missile interceptor has become a central aspect of a next-generation missile defense shield, which is now the United States' new "Iron Dome" initiative.
The United States Golden Dome Long-Range Missiles Interceptor: On January 27, 2025, the United States President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14186, titled "The Iron Dome for America,” later redubbed the project "Golden Dome for America.”." The "Golden Dome" is a proposed multi-layered, space-based, and ground-based missile defense system aimed at shielding the United States from advanced ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as drone swarms, including securing second-strike capabilities to defend against peer-level threats from adversaries and "rough" nations.
European Union Drone Wall Shield Strategy:In late 2025, the European Union urgently accelerated the development of a new strategy, the “Drone Wall,” a multi-layered European defense system to detect and counter malicious drone swarms entering its airspace. However, European leaders and experts also recognize that they need a Drone Wall deterrence system architecture strategy to succeed in a “nuclear umbrella” over Europe. (Credit: The European Parliamentary Research Service)
Russia:
In September 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a televised address - a million Russian schoolchildren watched, "Artificial intelligence is the future, not only of Russia, but of all of mankind. Also said, "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.” The Russian leader predicted that future wars will be fought by drones, and "when one party's drones are destroyed by drones of another, it will have no other choice but to surrender."
The United States:
On August 28th, 2023, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, announced what she called "the Replicator initiative," an effort to modernize the American arsenal by adding fleets of Artificial Intelligence unmanned, relatively cheap weapons and equipment. (Official Discusses Progress on Replicator - The US Department of War).