Israel computer science design a virus to boycott the Iranian nuclear program

Israel has perfected a computer virus as they say has sabotaged nuclear centrifuge program and has slowed their ability to develop a nuclear weapons program, reports The New York Times today, citing intelligence and military experts familiar with the situation. In what is described as a "joint effort" of U.S.

and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear program, the newspaper said Stuxnet virus has designed during the last two years in the Israeli secret Dimona facility in the desert the Negev, where Israel has developed its nuclear program, never officially recognized. The New York Times says that the project has come to build centrifuges identical to what has Iran in the Natanz facility, reason for the success of the virus when directly affect the regime's nuclear capability, experts say consulted.

Stuxnet, already considered the best cyber weapon ever created, has been left out of combat to 20% of the centrifuges. According to these same sources, Israel does not rule out improving the program and continue using it in the near future. The virus could also be responsible for the nuclear program delays and stoppages in the enrichment process, the last in November 2010, always attributed to technical problems.

In early December, Iran said it had achieved self-sufficiency in the production of powdered uranium oxide concentrate (known as yellow cake), essential for the enrichment and the generation of nuclear fuel used in nuclear plants, an important advance a program that, according to experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), now has 2,800 kilos of ore raised to 3.5%.

This represents a 15% increase in May this year. The cumulative amount of uranium by Iran is sufficient, once-enriched further, to make two or three nuclear bombs, according to United Nations experts.

• Israel's nuclear option in Iran (14/01/2011)
• Tests by Israel Called Crucial in Stalling Iran Nuclear Bid - New York Times (15/01/2011)
• Eric Logan "Team Frank": Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel - NYTimes.com (16/01/2011)
• Israel tested worm linked to Iran atom woes - report - Reuters Africa (16/01/2011)
• Report: U.S., Israel Tested Iranian Worm (16/01/2011)

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