David Ulevitch, "Untethered: Decentralizing Energy to Transform War" https://a16z.com/decentralizing-energy-to-transform-war/

A big driver in the development of small nuclear reactors may less be the civilian demand but state-side demand to supply military bases and forward tactical units with energy and electricity. That may become an immense factor in innovation. Remember how it was the Vietnam War that led to the standardisation of cargo containers by the U.S. military that subsequently made globalized trade possible. It's thus probably the military, again, that is the driver of profound technological changes.

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