Amid the rapid expansion of AI and data centers alongside growing climate commitments as the demand for clean energy rises, nuclear power is increasingly viewed as a reliable source to fill the gaps and complement the stochastic output of solar and hydropower. This renewed interest is also driven in part by countries’ pursuit of greater energy self-reliance, even as energy and nuclear infrastructure continue to become consequential targets in armed conflict — to disrupt electricity supplies, undermine military capabilities, and pursue counterproliferation objectives. Small modular reactors have since re-emerged almost as a public relations vehicle for the nuclear industry withThe post Sitting Ducks or Strategic Shields: What Does the Small Reactor Promise Mean for Future Conflicts? appeared first on War on the Rocks.