If drone swarms might be a threat in the near future then it only makes sense that the capability to fight them needs to be developed now so you aren't scrambli

If drone swarms might be a threat in the near future then it only makes sense that the capability to fight them needs to be developed now so you aren't scrambling to R&D a response during wartime. The way I see it, we're probably headed towards a cold (at minimum) war between sino-russia et. al. and the western allies, so (in the absence of something more effective) tactical nuclear weapons to counter aircraft swarms will become more tolerable as tensions continue to rise - far better to use one to take out a drone swarm and cause drama than risk losing an air wing (or something else that interferes with force projection). Hopefully I'm wrong though.