# Exponential Drone Warfare **Entity class:** Military-transition concept **Domain:** Defense / Autonomous systems **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Exponential drone warfare describes rapid growth in the number, autonomy, coordination, and attrition rate of unmanned systems used in conflict. ## Mechanism and significance The strategic consequence is that production, software adaptation, communications resilience, and counter-drone economics can matter as much as the performance of any individual platform. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems|Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems]] - **Primary fields:** [[Autonomous Weapons]] · [[AI Superpower]] · [[Machine Succession]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Software-Defined Warfare]] · [[Human-in-the-Loop Lethal Decision]] · [[Cislunar Warfare]] · [[Lunar Military Infrastructure]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.