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1)   China has launched its first experimental quantum satellite for communication. What is its USP?

a. Communication cannot be intercepted
b. Impossible to wiretap, intercept or crack information transmitted through it
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

Explanation:
China will launch its first experimental quantum communication satellite in July, whose communications cannot be intercepted, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) indicated.

  • It will be the first quantum communication through a satellite in the world. Quantum communication boasts ultra-high security as a quantum photon can neither be separated nor duplicated.
  • It is hence impossible to wiretap, intercept or crack the information transmitted through it,

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