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The real reason for spending $1b on PsiQuantum

The real reason for spending $1b on PsiQuantum

Defence planners have long worried how vulnerable military information systems are to GPS being taken out by an adversary.

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A small box sitting in a Conex shipping container on a New Zealand navy supply vessel off Hawaii may be the answer to why Australia has decided to get its own quantum computer in a commercial partnership with little-known company PsiQuantum.

Inside the box – loaded on to the HMNZS Aotearoa – were three quantum clocks and several atomic sensors.

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Tom BurtonGovernment editorTom Burton was government editor at The Australian Financial Review.

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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/why-aukus-may-be-the-missing-piece-to-explain-1b-psiquantum-deal-20240523-p5jfxj