Pentagon Details Its Preparation For Quantum Computing Breakthrough:
The Pentagon is bracing for a major breakthrough to accelerate the arrival of revolutionary quantum computers, with burgeoning initiatives to validate scientific discoveries and begin testing applications of the machines.
Quantum computers pose both big risks and big opportunities for national security, as the emergence of a “cryptanalytically relevant” quantum computer threatens to crack the encryption systems that secure everything from defense secrets to everyday financial transactions.
The Department of Defense’s primary objective for quantum computing is to understand its uses and prevent the power of the machines from falling into the hands of an adversary, according to John Burke, the Pentagon’s principal director of quantum science.
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