Pentagon unveils US$350 million quantum computing push as China rivalry grows

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The Pentagon announced a roughly $350 million initiative to advance US quantum computing capabilities and maintain American leadership in the field. The investment comes amid growing US-China competition over advanced technologies and their potential military applications.

The Pentagon announced on Thursday a new multimillion-dollar initiative for “maintaining American leadership” in quantum computing capabilities amid accelerating competition between the US and China over the military application of advanced technology. In a press release, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defence for Research and Engineering, which serves as the US Department of Defence’s chief technology adviser, announced that the new initiative, worth around $350 million, is aimed at...