Iran has suffered a series of technical setbacks to its nuclear programme in the past 12 months, triggering suggestions that western intelligence agencies are sabotaging its likely ambition to build an atomic weapon.As Iran continues to defy international sanctions, western security analysts say the country is making progress towards the ability to test a nuclear bomb in the next few years.
But a series of recent reverses, notably affecting Iran's ability to enrich uranium, is prompting debate over whether the programme is being undermined by sabotage, sanctions, or the incompetence of the regime's scientists.
In the past year, a dramatic reduction has taken place in the number of centrifuges enriching uranium at the regime's nuclear plant in Natanz.
In May 2009, the International Atomic Energy Agency said there were 4,920 operational centrifuges. Twelve months later the IAEA stated that Iran was running only 3,936, a reduction of 20 per cent.
Iran also appears to be having difficulties on other fronts. Ivan Oelrich, of the Federation of American Scientists, said the centrifuges were only working at 20 per cent efficiency. The latest IAEA report says that 4,592 centrifuges are installed at Natanz - but are sitting idle and doing nothing at all.
Well isn't that interesting?
Yes, it is.
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If this is true, than good. But. There's something about this worm that doesn't read right to me? A little too scifi for my liking, even for this old geek.
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BTW. Nice paint job.
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That's the worm they've found.
I wonder whether they can rely on anything from a computer for that project. How many other bugs are there infesting everything else they are trying to do?
They may as well just give up and go enjoy a nice bacon sandwich instead, bugger the lettuce and tomato. BACON!
On the subject of Muzzies.
Bill O'Rites has a little thing on clerical child abuse by them.
FWIW, I'm finally starting to see some interesting discussion, that I can take seriously, on this issue, here (ESR's 'Armed and Dangerous' blog). Several links with more in the comments, as well.
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