[JamesP81]

Sounds like “Enders Game”

The drone carriers as seen in the movie I think are a pretty good representation of what it's going to look like, though I think IRL we would dispense with the dreadnoughts they had in Ender's Game.

The drones were disposable but effective combat vehicles. Some might be fitted with nukes for surface strikes. The drone itself can also be used as a kinetic energy weapon if it has a long enough run to get enough velocity built up.

[zeugma]

The drones were disposable but effective combat vehicles. Some might be fitted with nukes for surface strikes. The drone itself can also be used as a kinetic energy weapon if it has a long enough run to get enough velocity built up.

You don't need nukes for surface strikes. Kinetic weapons from orbit, or even far outside of an orbital could do just about any damage you could hope for without irradiating the ground (assuming you eventually wanted to occupy the low ground)