It’s a bit like those games where you can choose between a tech rush and military focus. Military focus works fine for the first little bit, but then the tech rush civs switch to military and are wiping the floor with you using way better tech weapons.

Like if China keeps making these reactors smaller they could get one onto a battle cruiser or destroyer potentially. And power a DEW array. Which would basically make missiles childsplay to shoot down, and could even be used to melt right through the hull of enemy ships at close range. Were talking about the ability to vaporize every person on a ships bridge in seconds as long as you have line of sight on them.