If it weren't for you meddling Israelis...
HOLY SHIT.
For those of you who heard about the Stuxnet computer worm that seemed to mysteriously appear out of the blue and target specifically Iran's nuclear reactors - it appears that it's done a lot more damage than the 2 months as originally reported. Try 2 years.
*Top German computer consultant Langer who was one of the first to analyze Stuxnet's effects says: "It will take two years for Iran to get back on track... This was nearly as effective as a military strike, but even better since there are no fatalities and no full-blown war. From a military perspective, this was a huge success.”
Iran will have to throw out all the infected computers, bring in new ones (after being sure that they also weren't infected, or else they'd have to start over), then rebuild the centrifuges, then buy a new turbine. Total time estimate: 2 years. A LIFETIME for Ahmadinejad, who is dealing with crippling sanctions and domestic unrest.
It's hard to imagine this playing out any better. Zero casualties, a massive setback to the nuclear program, and an anonymous cloak of 15,000 lines of code that took more than one country to develop (a joint US-Israeli venture?). Sleep easy, tonight. This can be a game-changer.
If you want more info on how the Stuxnet virus works, you can read about it here. Feel free to edit the "Implications" section, it doesn't seem like it's been updated yet.
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