Did Stuxnet not damage Iran as badly as we thought?
The Stuxnet computer virus that wreaked havoc on Iran's nuclear facilities may not have had the seismic impact that many thought, at least according to the Yukia Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who was interviewed by the Washington Post:
'How badly was Iran's centrifuge program affected by the [Stuxnet cyber] worm from 2009?Iran is somehow producing uranium enriched to 3.5 percent and 20 percent. They are producing it steadily, constantly.
The amount of enriched uranium has not been affected?
The production is very steady.
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Obviously, it's difficult to know precisely what Iran's up to, but if we assume they're determined to get a nuclear weapon (or 'break-out' capability) than they'd eventually work their way around a computer virus, no matter how devastating.
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