Lahore-Built Quantum Radios Just Showed Up in Kyiv
By Syed John
A Pakistani startup is shipping lattice-encrypted field radios faster than NATO tenders ever could.
CypherNest began as a Lahore cybersecurity shop customizing VPN appliances for banks. Today it's supplying quantum-resistant radios to Ukrainian brigades through NGO brokers. The devices use lattice-based cryptography, meaning even if a hostile state deploys a quantum computer tomorrow, intercepted chatter stays gibberish.
Why Ukraine? Because traditional procurement is slow and politically messy. NGOs can buy 'communications equipment' and donate it in weeks. Pakistan's own military wants first dibs on the next batch, but CypherNest can't ignore a market that pays in advance and posts field-test videos as testimonials.
This is the new arms race: startups building future-proof security for any client with urgency and money. Diplomats can keep arguing over export licenses; entrepreneurs already solved the latency problem.