Stuxnet - The Ultimate Bunker Buster

I used to have significant worries of Iran’s ability to develop their own bomb.  With their combination of the world’s cash and some absolutely horrifying ideology at their highest levels of leadership, a bomb acquisition, and subsequent use, seemed a foregone conclusion.  I think a lot of the world felt the same way, and fully expected the US, Israel, or a combination of the two to take matters into their hands from a military perspective and cure the world of this ill. 

That was all before I read about the havoc that has been waged via Stuxnet. 

There’s a lot of information out there about this, but I found Ed Barnes’ recap the best and have linked to it here. 

The sophistication of this weapon (and make no mistake, it is a weapon) is almost unbelievable.  Ultimately it is doing with millions of dollars of smart bombs and sorties cannot – which is bringing the Iranian bomb program to its knees. 

The good news in all of this is that the good guys have it and are using it for good.  The bad news?  What if something like this finds its way into the hands of terrorist who decide to use it on something like our financial markets?