Quantum computing may be the asymmetric weapon China deploys to finally roll back decades of US military dominance. This month, Nikkei Asia reported that China’s rapid push into quantum computing is emerging as a potentially decisive military equalizer, with experts warning that the technology could eclipse traditional symbols of US power such as aircraft carriers. Experts note China’s investment surge — including a planned 1 trillion renminbi (US$140 billion) state-backed fund to accelerate “hard technologies” like quantum systems — is aimed at securing an advantage ahead of the expected 2030s arrival of “Q-Day,” when quantum computers may be able to break all classical encryption. Jesse Van Griensven of EigenQ said quantum machines could eventually disable airports, power grids and military networks, reducing the US “to the Stone Age” without firing a shot.

Full report : China’s quantum surge is fast becoming the asymmetric wild card that could unravel US’s military edge in the Pacific.