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“Quantum technology is not a distant concept… it is a foundational capability that will shape the future of computing, communications, energy, and national security… it will define which nations lead, and which fall behind.”

The National Quantum Reauthorization Act builds on the 2018 initiative, but the focus is shifting. Less emphasis on basic research, more on applied systems, deployment, and commercialisation. Government, industry, and academia being aligned to move faster. NASA now being brought into the strategy, extending this into space-based research and applications.

In terms of competition, he names it directly.

The Chinese Communist Party has already identified quantum as mission-critical and is moving aggressively to deploy systems at scale.

“If we fail to keep pace, the consequences will be significant… impacting cybersecurity, military readiness, and economic competitiveness.”

The conversation moves from capability to consequence.

Quantum advances unlock new systems across computing, communications, energy, and materials. At the same time, they put pressure on the foundations those systems rely on.

Encryption. Identity. Financial infrastructure. Blockchains. Crypto. Digital assets.

Among the first directly exposed.

All built on cryptographic assumptions that do not hold in a quantum environment.

This is where sovereignty shifts.

It used to be defined by land.