There is. A lot of unknown things in unmanned systems

There is a lot. That is not told about the Chinese miniature shuttle. The miniature shuttles. Like X-37B and its Chinese companion. Operating in top-secret missions. Maybe. There are also stealth versions of those space shuttles. 

Things like radar satellites and AWACS platforms play a vital role in the military world. This means that those platforms are also prime targets for the anti-AWACS and anti-satellite systems. The same systems. That. Used against radars. It can be used against communication and radar satellites. Those missiles can also attack orbital data centers or computer satellite swarms. The growing fleet of reconnaissance satellites with real-time abilities requires the ability to attack. Against. Those satellites. 

These transmit real-time information about the opponent’s movement. So it’s vital to shut down those satellites. The anti-satellite systems. (ASAT). They can also be used to attack killer satellites. The problem with the systems is that they must separate friendly satellites. From the hostile, or enemy, satellites. Those ASAT systems can be missiles or space shuttles. 

The missile can be launched. From high-flying aircraft. Or, drones.  Those drones can be nuclear-powered versions of the MQ-9 Reaper. 

Or the orbital platforms. The miniature shuttles. They can use various systems. Like lasers. Machine guns and centrifugal guns. Or rockets to destroy those targets. 

The fact is that those miniature shuttles. They can act in various missions. Like zero-gravity orbital satellites. They can act in reconnaissance duties. Or they can operate in anti-satellite duties. Or maybe they also operate as dangerous hypersonic kamikaze drones. Those shuttles can also act as launching platforms for small air combat drones. 

MQ-9 Reaper with Storm Shadow missiles. 

Those systems can also carry things like rods of god-type kinetic weapons. It’s possible to drop normal guided bombs from the orbiter. If the small-size shuttle operates as a kamikaze drone, that would be the next step for the FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment System). Those shuttles can hang in orbital trajectory and then dive to their target. 

The shuttle can carry those weapons in its cargo bay. Or it can carry an internally detonated hydrogen bomb. 

The thing. What is important is what is in the cargo bays. The cargo bay or modular cargo system involves multiple possibilities. Like. Act as a home for machine guns that those shuttles can use against satellites. Those systems can be centrifugal cannons that shoot metal balls against targeted satellites. 

Another thing that is very little known is the high-flying drones. It is quite easy to transform the MQ-9 Reaper-type drone into a nuclear-powered drone. The system requires only the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) as the power source for the propeller-engine drone. The missions of those high-flying nuclear-powered drones can be the same as those of normal drones. But their operational times are longer. The Reaper-type drones can carry cruise missiles. And they can also act as platforms for ASAT weapons. 

The air-launched air combat drones can also be systems that those drones can operate. The same drones can also be dropped from the orbital platforms, like miniature shuttles. Those air-combat drones can attack. Against. Atmospheric aircraft. This makes those systems very dangerous. 

https://futurism.com/space/chinese-space-plane-unknown-fourth-mission

https://interestingengineering.com/military/reaper-drones-get-long-range-weapons-capabilities

https://www.sustainability-times.com/impact/drones-get-deadlier-u-s-equips-mq-9-reapers-with-cruise-missiles-in-major-firepower-upgrade-for-global-strike-dominance/

https://www.twz.com/air/hunt-for-anti-radiation-missile-that-can-down-enemy-radar-planes-kicked-off-by-navy

https://www.twz.com/sponsored-content/general-atomics-is-turning-the-mq-9-reaper-family-of-drones-into-cruise-missile-trucks

https://www.twz.com/space/chinas-growing-armada-of-spy-satellites-is-pushing-space-force-to-go-on-the-offensive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator

https://medium.com/@batrobin/there-is-a-lot-of-unknown-things-in-unmanned-systems-00e2804ceebf

Are we ready for self-developing AI?

Self-developing AI is the AI that develops itself. The Moltbook is a system that can act as a platform, allowing the creation of AI agents that can operate as a team. The moltbook-type platform enables the creation of a system. There are the AI-agents. Or, so-called small language models, SLMs, that can combine their strengths. The large language model LLM is very large. And a complex system. The problem with the LLM. It is the same as humans. We can have a lot of data or knowledge. But that data is cursory. We know lots of topics. That information is like. We would read only things like headlines. We know that something happens. 

But we don’t have any details of those things. But if we want to know the background of that thing. And who, and why something acts. Like that, we must read much more than just some headlines. When the LLM searches and analyzes data, that thing is always cursory. The system must analyze larger data masses. And that makes it more cursory. If. The system uses. Lots of data. And makes a deep analysis of the data. The system turns slow. 

If. We want to create a new LLM. We can create that thing. Through. The AI-agents. Those AI agents can act as a whole. Those AI agents act like a team. And that allows. To develop. The AI. By using AI agents like LEGOs. Each AI-agent is like a module in the system. These involve different types of skills. And those skills or bricks act as a team of workers. 

If we must get a deeper knowledge of the thing. 

The SLM is the tool. That does not have very large common knowledge. The SLM analyzes data in a thinner sector. It uses more limited types of sources. And that makes it more accurate in its own sector than the LLM can be. The system has deeper knowledge. Of a certain sector. Than the system that searches data from all around the internet. The SLM uses only a certain type of sources. The system can search data. Only. From the sources. Those are under certain topics. Like “astronomy”. 

So, if we want to get knowledge of planet Uranus. The AI agent. Or SLM will not search for things like Roman gods and astrology. It just searches data about the planet. And maybe it should ask, do we want information about Uranus’s moons or just the planet? Or maybe we want information about Uranus’s magnetic field or clouds. This helps the AI agent limit the sources to articles that involve information about those topics. 

In the same way. 

We can create a custom AI agent. That fixes the base code of the AI programmer. Just gives orders. On how the AI agent should make the code. The programmer. That works with AI agents. Should determine. The goals of the qualification are what the AI should follow. How the orders are given determines how effective the AI agent is. If we have three AI agents, we could make a system that develops itself. The AI that. Searching the data, the system that surveillances the operations, and the programming AI-agent. That makes the changes in the code. When the surveillance system sees that. There are errors in the orders it generates for the AI-agent programmer. 

The reason for that third agent is that the prime agent will not recognize its errors. For error detection, the AI should ask for feedback from its users. 

Then the system generates the needed changes for the algorithm. In those cases, the query should follow the same route as all other queries. While. Developers develop. Or. Train the AI-agents. To give strict and well-argued orders. If orders are not clear, those AI’s will not succeed. All data that the AI uses must be very well described to those systems. If. Researchers want to make the SLM. They must make the prototype using the LLM. At least. As an assistant. Or they must hire an army of coders. 

The simulation tries. To show the future of the quantum processor.

“By harnessing thousands of GPUs on a DOE supercomputer, scientists have simulated a quantum microchip with unprecedented physical detail. Credit: Shutterstock” (ScitechDaily, 7,000 GPUs Simulate Quantum Microchip in Unprecedented Detail)

During that simulation. “To carry out the work, the team relied on more than 7,000 NVIDIA GPUs running on the Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) user facility.” (ScitechDaily, 7,000 GPUs Simulate Quantum Microchip in Unprecedented Detail)

A supercomputer simulated the function of quantum computers to predict the next step in quantum systems. The system used 7000 GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) for that simulation. And it was quite accurate. 

Quantum computers are futuristic tools, but there is a possibility. That. We must wait for laptop-sized quantum processors. And quantum computers. To go to supermarkets. For a long time. The binary systems. They can simulate quantum computers and how they work. And the quantum system is not alone. It requires the right infrastructure and the right ecosystem that supports its operations. 

There is a possibility. To give the missions to the quantum computers through the internet. The quantum computer doesn’t need to use binary computers for a long time. The binary computers are the layer that controls qubits. And binary computers act as a medium between quantum and the user interfaces. So. In the most positive predictions. 

Quantum computers are in very deep underground bunkers. And users use them over the internet. Those bunkers must protect them against non-controlled effects. Like. A cosmic radiation. The quantum computer requires massive coolers that stabilize the qubit. The purpose of those systems. It is to suppress the quantum noise. So, that means. The problem is also in the quantum computers and their cooling systems. 

When we think about the power of quantum computers. They are not like binary computers. Quantum computers. Require time to create the superpositioned entanglement between particles. Normally, the system stabilizes the photon pair. And then makes the superposition and quantum entanglement between those particles. That requires time. So the quantum computers can show their claws. 

Only. In the very complex simulations and series. This means that. In. The easy calculations. The binary systems still beat the quantum computers. The big problem is also. The complex calculations. The thing that can make the error detection is another quantum computer. In cases like solar mass eruptions, disturbance in the qubits is global. That means that all quantum computers all over the world can make the same errors. 

But. Before quantum computers become so advanced. That things like error detection are ready. Things like a morphing neural network. And virtua. Quantum systems are things. That can handle complex problems. The problem is that even the most complicated algorithms are helpless without physical systems that support them. The second problem. It's the temperature. When a regular binary computer’s power is rising, those systems require more electricity. 

Researchers cannot raise the power of the processor without limits. When the temperature rises in the system, it brings more resistance. And that slows down the computers. The temperature causes oscillations in the microchips. And that also causes errors in data flow. 

There is also. A possibility. To create photonic computers. Those photonic computers can use photon superposition to transmit information. Those kinds of computers are basically two-state quantum computers. Those systems will not produce as much heat as regular microchips. 

So when they want to run the large language models, LLMs. They require the power of the entire data center. And when the hierarchy of needs controls this advancing process. Their LLMs turn more. And more complex. So, those systems need. More. And more microchips. If. There are no new abilities. The customers will find their services. From. Some other AI service providers. This means that. The data centers. They need more and more energy. The problem is that the entire world is in a spiral. 

The threat is that. If the authoritarian states get the quantum or AI-computational advance over Western states, that means they will beat us. The problem with those states is that AI. And computing. They are heavily supported. By. Those governments. There are no laws that limit the use of data. 

https://scitechdaily.com/7000-gpus-simulate-quantum-microchip-in-unprecedented-detail/

China has plans for a colossal orbital carrier system.

The new Chinese concept for military is the colossal orbital carrier. The future shows. Whether. It is only propagandistic. Or a real system. The shape of that system could be different. But we know. That. There is a possibility. To drop quadcopters in the heat shield from the satellites or space shuttles. And things like hypersonic missiles and fighter-drones. They can also be installed in the orbital tanks, which release them. When. The command is given. 

The fact is that. The idea of the flying aircraft carriers is not new. In the 1930s, the U.S. Navy tested two airships. That could carry a small aircraft. The problem was that technology and materials were not at the same level as those ideas. And another of those flying carriers was destroyed in a storm. The plane that those airships, named Macon and Akron, used was the Curtiss F9C “Sparrowhawk”. 

The aircraft was not as good. As. It should be. So. Those projects are buried. But sometimes. An idea was introduced. That. The blips can carry quadcopters for reconnaissance and attack missions. 

But then. In the 1950s and 1980s, the USAF planned to create so-called parasite fighters. The problem with long-range bombers was that their flight time was longer than that of their escort fighters. That caused the idea. The long-range bomber could carry aircraft under its wings. When enemy interceptors rise to defense, those parasite fighters are released. In. 

“Firebee” drones under DC-130 mothership. 

The 1980’s. Boeing Aircraft Corporation. Had plans to build. The Boeing 747-based solution. Called Boeing 747 Aiborne Aircraft Carrier. AAC. To carry the fighters inside it. Those plans terminated. But then. The drones brought new ideas for the flying aircraft carriers. There is a possibility that the cruise missiles and unmanned drones can be dropped from cargo planes.

Modified C-130. The DC-130 could carry.  Remote-controlled Teledryne Rayan BQM-34 “Firebee “ drones. Which could be equipped with the missiles. In the same way. There is a possibility of carrying drone swarms in cargo planes and dropping them into an operational area. 

“Firebee” fires “Maverick” missile. 

When we think about the drones and orbital aircraft carriers. A space shuttle. It can carry smaller shuttles or drones. The miniature shuttle can operate as a hypersonic kamikaze drone. The space shuttle can also operate as a regular supersonic or hypersonic jet fighter. The shuttle can be launched from the carrier system. And then it can dive into the atmosphere. The atmosphere can slow their speed. And if those systems use the ramjet-turbojet hybrid technology, they can operate. As well as speeds over Mach 4-5, and at subsonic speeds. The system requires only separated ramjet and turbojet engines. 

The orbital systems can also deliver quadcopters that are put in the heat shield. The satellite can drop those drones through the atmosphere. The orbital aircraft carrier can look like a regular rocket. Or. Abandoned rocket stage. The miniature shuttles or other drones can be put. In. The hangar. That is made in that structure. The space stations can also support small-sized shuttles. 

Chinese video of their plans. 

https://aeropedro.despair.ch/Aeropedro/Firebee.html

https://futurism.com/future-society/china-space-drone-carrier

https://www.slashgear.com/1945236/boeing-747-flying-aircraft-carrier-history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_F9C_Sparrowhawk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_(ZRS-5)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Firebee

Elon Musk aims to place data centers in orbit.

"As artificial intelligence drives the need for vastly more computing storage and processing power, interest in space-based data centers has spiked." (Arstechnica.com, Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this)

"Although several startup companies, such as Starcloud, have begun to address this problem, the idea has also attracted the interest of tech barons. In May, it emerged that former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt acquired Relativity Space due to his interest in space-based data centers. Then, earlier this month, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted that gigawatt-scale data centers will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years." (Arstechnica.com, Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this)

Elon Musk has proposed building data centers in orbit. This kind of data center is quite easy to create. The system. It can use the cloud-based architecture. The system uses satellites as a swarm. That allows them to share their data. 

With each other. And with ground stations. The system can be based on the Starlink satellites. Or maybe. Those satellites' backup computers will turn into data centers. The satellite can use its communication tools to transmit data to the data centers. Those data centers would be like swarms of satellites. The system uses similar technology to that used in drone swarms. 

And that makes those satellites and their computers act as a whole. The satellite swarm can operate as a data center. Solar energy would give it an unlimited, free energy source. The data satellites that act as swarms are one way to make a high-power data solution. 

Those satellites. Or, their computers can act as the morphing neural network. The satellite swarm can handle its internal communication with lasers. Laser communication is immune to plasma and other jamming. Things. Solar storms are dangerous to satellites. As well as. The proposal jamming is dangerous. 

The fact is that those network-based solutions can better resist damage than monolithic systems. 

If one satellite in a satellite-based network is damaged. That doesn’t have the same effect on the entirety. As. If one monolithic system is damaged. Those computer satellites can orbit the Earth in a ring. This means that the client can make contact with those data satellites from any point on Earth. 

Those satellites are also targets for the ASAT systems. The ASAT systems. Those that are based on missiles or lasers are the tools. That will become more effective and advanced. At least. The Ukraine war shows. The importance. To affect satellites. 

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/elon-musk-on-data-centers-in-orbit-spacex-will-be-doing-this/

The new, air-launched air-to-air drones can revolutionize air combat.

X-68 “Longshot”

X-68 “Longshot” air-combat drones will enhance the F-15 and all other fighters and aircraft's combat capabilities. The small-sized drones with air-combat capacity are the new variants of the “Loyal Wingman” drones. Those drones could be released when the strike unit is under threat. And those drones can destroy incoming jet fighters. Those drones can also be equipped with kamikaze bodies. And the air-to-air, anti-radiation, or air-to-ground missiles. And it’s possible. That's quite soon.  Cruise missiles get their air-to-air. And. Anti-radiation sub-missiles. Which helps. Them. To accomplish their missions. 

This kind of tool is one of the things that can revolutionize air combat. The idea of the parasite jet fighter or unmanned aerial vehicle that the bomber can carry near its target. Launching that system against defending jet fighters or anti-aircraft systems is not a new idea. In 1971, the Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 “Firebee” drone launched the AGM-65 “Maverick” missile. 

BQM-34 “Firebee” drone with AGM-65

And that was the first time an unmanned vehicle launched a guided weapon from the air. The idea was to use the BQM-34 “Firebee” drone as the remotely-controlled test bed. But that drone. It could also make air strikes. Those “Firebee” drones can also be dropped from the DC-130, the modified C-130 cargo planes, and the B-52 bombers. Those drones could make. Reconnaissance missions. Over the enemy area. There is also a possibility of using the Firebee-type drones as a parasite fighter against incoming jet fighters. Those drones can also operate with stealth fighters. The drone will pull enemy fire to it. If the drone is equipped with anti-radiation ability, it can cause destruction for ground radars. If. It can shoot its anti-radiation missiles against the radar. 

Geran-3 drone

Even if “Firebee” is an old-timer veteran, that system was a pathfinder for more advanced and sophisticated AI-controlled systems. Like. MQ-1 “Predator” and MQ-9 “Reaper” drones. The problem with those drones is that they are quite slow. But. The bomber or jet fighter can send a supersonic stealth drone for attack against critical targets in the air and on the ground.  Fast and effective long-range drones with artificial intelligence can be used against. Things. Like command posts and AWACS platforms. The long-range, small drone-like Geran-type system could destroy the AWACS platform. Even if. They are airborne. 

The Geran-3 type drones with highly advanced AI and sub-missiles. They can also be dangerous. For helicopters and aircraft. Those who defend their targets. The fast-flying drone that shoots anti-radiation missiles can force. To shut down radars. This can cause a destructive situation. Because if those drones can make supersonic attacks, the defense against them is very hard, if the defender cannot use radars. The long-range, jet-powered drone. That can use an afterburner and operate. In supersonic and subsonic speeds. Makes it possible to destroy. Also, airborne targets. 

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2026/u-s-darpa-advances-x-68a-longshot-toward-first-flight-to-extend-air-to-air-missile-range

https://defensemirror.com/news/39493/Russia_s_Geran_3_Jet_Powered_Kamikaze_Drone_Ready_for_Operations

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/watch-the-u-s-air-forces-first-armed-drone-drop-bombs-and-fire-missiles-96dd169cbabd

https://www.military.com/defensetech/2012/03/23/retro-vid-drones-shooting-air-to-ground-missiles-in-the-70s

 https://www.twz.com/news-features/x-68a-longshot-air-to-air-missile-carrying-drone-moves-closer-to-f-15-launch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Firebee

https://medium.com/@batrobin/the-new-air-launched-air-to-air-drones-can-revolutionize-air-combat-1826903ffc3f

Micro-nuclear reactors are coming.

"Micro nuclear reactors are being seen as a way to get critical bases off the grid, but they could also have a major impact on civilian energy production.. Looking like a scene in a sci-fi movie, and in what is clearly a unique mission, dubbed Operation Windlord, USAF C-17s have been tasked with transporting a micro nuclear reactor. The U.S. military’s role is to transport the elements of the Ward250 reactor, made by Valar Atomics, from March Air Reserve Base in Southern California to Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Once on the ground in Utah, it will be moved to Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (USREL) in Orangeville for extensive testing. Beyond its direct utility, this operation may very well serve as a glimpse of what’s to come as the Department of Defense looks to integrate micro nuclear reactors into the power grids of critical installations. " (TWZ.com, C-17 Airlifts A Micro Nuclear Reactor For The First Time)

The C-17 airlifts a micro-nuclear reactor. Micro-nuclear reactors are tools that play a vital role in the future electric infrastructure in both military and civil environments. The micro-nuclear reactors, or micronukes, can deliver electricity for future directed energy weapons, as well as for data centers, and at least for ships and submarines. Those molten-salt reactors can also offer a tool. For. Making the new chemical thermal rocket engines. The micronuke can also offer a possibility to create. A new. High-capability space plane. We know that regular aircraft can use nuclear reactors as a power source. 

The Russian “Burevestnik” missile uses nuclear reactors. There is a possibility to use. Nuclear reactors. Also for larger-scale aircraft. And maybe Russians plan to make. A nuclear-powered version. Of the Tu-141 “Blackjack” bomber. 

The Buresvestnik missile uses a compressor to give thrust. But it’s possible to create a system called nuclear pulsejets. The nuclear pulsejet uses propellant. That has extremely high expansion ability. The aircraft can take off from the runways using a compressor. 

"The Convair NB-36 in flight, with a B-50 Superfortress" (Wikipedia, Convair NB-36H). The NB-36H was a testbed for nuclear-powered aircraft. 

The “Buresvestnik” missile and its engine. The airflow cools the nuclear reactor. 

But when that system requires more speed, it can inject things like liquid hydrogen against the reactor shell, which causes high-power expansion. This system is actually an air-breathing version of NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application). But the system can use the cooler. That turns the gas that the system takes in into a liquid. So, we can say. Those models are the nuclear-powered version of the HOTOL shuttle. The British Airspace study project. For. An air-breathing. Space shuttle. If HOTOL were to use a nuclear reactor, that system could really operate. The space planes could operate in anti-satellite roles. But larger systems can also operate in space cargo missions. And those planes could also drop things like kinetic warheads to the ground. 

The idea of nuclear-powered shuttles and aerospace systems is not new. The Cold War era” Project Pluto” and the NB-36. And Soviet designs. The nuclear-powered Tu-95 “Bear” class nuclear bomber. They were interesting. But at the same time, dangerous projects. One of the most realistic models was the giant amphibious planes, designed by Bartini. Those planes could use seawater to cool their reactors while they flew. The idea is that those panes flew like regular aircraft in super- or hypersonic speed. And while their operations. The plane can come down. And fill its tanks with water, which the system injects into the reactor shell. The vaporizing water can act as a propellant. 

Pluto-missile could act as a model. For the highly advanced space planes. The Pluto system is used. A nuclear-powered ramjet engine. The nuclear reactor replaced combustion. This system could give the missile an unlimited range. But the problem was radioactive fallout. That project is delayed. But it's possible. The data from that system can be used to develop new and highly sophisticated space planes. 

https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Putin-Confirms-Russias-Successful-Test-of-9M730-Burevestnik--The-Skyfall-Nuclear-Powered-Cruise-Missile-with-Unlimited-Range/

https://www.twz.com/uncategorized/this-is-a-nuclear-reactor-packed-into-a-c-17-globemaster-iii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Aerospace_HOTOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36H

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95LAL